Jun 6, 2022 | Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning, Whole School
There are a growing number of organisations and Facebook groups dedicated to ensuring children have lots of free time in nature as part of their early childhood. Browse the following to get a feel for them: American Forest Kindergarten AssociationChild and Nature...
Sep 2, 2017 | Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning
In this blog post, I had the opportunity to interview Zilvinas Karpis, who founded the first outdoor nursery in Lithuania. As with other European countries, there is increased focus and interest in such approaches. There is lots of evidence that points to the...
Feb 9, 2013 | Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning
This is a guest post by Anita Egle, a Swede who resides in Germany and has run Skogsmulle sessions in Bavaria since 1989. It is a written summary and photos about Forest Kindergartens in Germany. So in her words… Many thanks Anita for the informative text,...
Feb 25, 2012 | Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning
As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been involved in a Forest Kindergarten Pilot training course during the past week. This involved a visit to St Paul’s Nursery in South Lanarkshire to see a Forest Kindergarten session in action. It was quite a...
Feb 22, 2012 | Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning
These past three days I’ve had the privilege of working with Karen Boyd, Central Scotland Education Adviser for Forestry Commission Scotland. We’ve been running a course for Early Years practitioners about developing regular visits to woodland and other...