Forest School Blog
Mind Mapping Our Experience Creates a Story
Forest SchoolThe high wind gusts kept us from the forest on Tuesday but the kinders made the best of the circumstances. We came together to talk about the change in plans and to create a new plan for our morning together. Collectively, the children o...
The WHY, HOW, & WHAT of Gardening with Children
Discovery General, Forest SchoolWHY: Gardening with children can be a fun and educational activity that provides numerous benefits. Here are some reasons why gardening with children is important: Educational benefits: Gardening provides children with a hands-on learni...
Creating an Indoor Bean Garden
Discovery General, Forest School, gardeningThe kinders have been rediscovering the wonders of gardening even as the earth rests for the winter. While exploring outside together, BW, HV and CL found some white little “things” near the end of the skating rink, under some brush....
Giving and Taking in our Many Relationships With The World Around Us : A Lesson in Reciprocity’
Discovery General, Forest SchoolThe kinders were really excited about the fire and storytelling that was planned as part of our Walk for Wenjack. We noticed though, that we had gotten a little low on kindling for starting the fire and wondered about getting some from...
Where Seven Ripe Strawberries Can Lead Us!
Discovery General, Forest SchoolThe Kinders have experienced their first harvest of the season! We were delighted to discover just a few ripe strawberries in our very hot and very humid patch but, as you’ll see, this isn’t really about the strawberries but, rather,...
Play, Learning, Wonder, Experimentation, and Joy
Forest School, forest schoolA stick, a branch, a log. These parts of trees that once stood tall and mighty are some of the natural loose parts our Kindergarten children have been drawn to over the course of our time together. While the children are very unique a...