“Children need freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity.” Kay Redfield Jamison Perhaps before we can begin to consider the importance of free play, we need to understand just what it is. Much is said about it and much has been written about it too. Those who care […]
Where do we even start on this subject!? It can go in so many different ways but the one that is the biggest for me personally is how much children are struggling at the moment! Is it the last three years of holding things in or the 3 years of relentless change, loss and uncertainty […]
“The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful!” – E.Cummings My childhood was simple. Some might even say boring. I was a young child in the ‘70s. Money was tight at home. Mum never knew from one week to the next what the price of a basket of groceries would be. Inflation was high. A […]
Imaginative Play in the Woods “Logic will get you from A to B; imagination will get you everywhere.” – Albert Einstein According to Bob Hughes imaginative play breaks the conventional rules which govern the physical world, and fantasy play is the make-believe world of children. When all children have is what nature offers, it’s truly […]
Forest Frontiers CIC Forest CampDelivered as part of the 2021 Holiday Activity Fund I literally cannot put into words how amazing these last 5 weeks have been! (Tiring but AMAZING!)Just thinking about it blows my mind! We have had around 120 children attend Forest Camp over the 5 weeks and this includes 18 that were fully […]
It has been over three weeks now since the UK began the lockdown, and for some it has been even longer! There are some great ideas circling around to do with your families, but you must remember to not get to stressed and anxious about doing everything you see. The amount of resources can be […]
Summer 2019 No I had always said…. no it’s not the right time! What if it didn’t work out? But this summer I said YES! For years I have been toying with starting my own dream … Owning my very own Forest School company. Outdoors has always been a drive in my home life, practice and […]
This week, after 3 months of no sessions and the world feeling a little upside down we got back into our sessions in the woods. The last 3 months have been very strange, to say the least, and although I have tried to adapt our services, it just doesn’t give the same impact as being […]
