Forest School Blog
Mind Mapping in Forest School
Forest SchoolWith so much happening in the Forest School program, we have decided to take a stab at “Mind Mapping” together as a way of collecting our thoughts and experiences as they occur within the program both inside and outside the Forest an...
Wintry Wonders in Forest School
Forest SchoolOur return to the forest after the Christmas holiday not only brought us a brand new year but also some rather chilly, wintry weather. While the snow didn’t come right away, the cold temperatures had us bundled up for our latest explor...
Fall’s Feathered Friends
Forest SchoolAfter feeding the forest animals our pumpkins and creating bird feeders with our gourds, we started to notice the birds in our forest and outside our windows a the centre. There were a lot of chickadees moving the snow from our gourd fe...
Tracking Animals in the Forest
Forest SchoolBirds and animals have had us captivated in the forest school program. After making bird seed sandwiches for the birds, which they seem to love, we decided to make bird bread of our own using an easy bread recipe and adding bird seeds t...
Perfectly Peculiar Pumpkin Investigations (Oct/Nov)
Forest SchoolWe arrived to our Nature Classroom to find a plethora of pumpkins and gourds in the the yard. There were pumpkins of all sizes and we wondered where they had come from. We wasted no time exploring with them as we lifted them, noticing w...
Deciduous Discoveries in Forest School (Sept/Oct 2018)
Forest SchoolAs fall rolled into full swing, our conversations at circle time started to revolve around the changes we are noticing outside and, especially, in our forest. Everyone agreed that the changing leaves was the most obvious change we saw o...