Wayfarers Outdoors
'Going to the woods is going home.' (John Muir)
Learning and living in nature
The Story of James' Log
To those looking in on forest school it can seem very random. Some children may be engaged in an offered task, others may be playing, while others will have reached the stage that pretty much all reach eventually: self-motivated learning. This is known by many names: learning through play, discovery play, child-centred learning to name a few. . . .
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Into the Woods
It was a chill February morning; a watery sun sent faint rays to the woodland floor and across the tarp laid out for us all to sit on. This was the first session of forest school for a group of twelve three and four year olds. As small groups of boys and girls, wrapped up in coats, hats and waterproofs appeared I asked each child to get . . .
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