Forest School Training: What the Levels Actually Involve (For Grown-Ups, Not Kids)
A plain-English guide to forest school training levels 1 to 3, who they’re for, and why children never “do” a level themselves.
Resources for learners taking the Forest School Level 1 certification
A plain-English guide to forest school training levels 1 to 3, who they’re for, and why children never “do” a level themselves.
This article contains affiliate links at no cost to you. Read our earnings disclosure. Are you looking for easy forest school activities for autumn! (Or fall, as our US readers would call it!). You’re in the right place. We have a bunch of simple outdoor activities to share that take little time to set up,…
Believe in the power of outdoor learning and play? Get involved in Outdoor Classroom Day! Think about the last time you saw a child grinning wildly, bursting with excitement and eager to explore. Chances are they were outside in the playground at break time, not sitting in class trying to grasp a new mathematical concept….
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Elizabeth here – I’m the one on the team at The Practical Forest School who mainly stays behind the scenes. I don’t run groups, I’m not out in the woods, but I do communicate with the parents who send their children to our forest school sessions, I manage our social media channels and I sort…
Back in 2019, the Sylva Foundation ran a national survey with the aim of gathering evidence about forest school practice, in particular the barriers and opportunities to provision of forest school and outdoor learning. The results were (and still are) eye opening, but times have changed. In particular, the coronavirus pandemic of recent years has…