by kindlinglily | Jun 17, 2014 | Crafts and Projects, Forest School
Occasionally I see a craft technique and think to myself “I can’t wait to take that to the woods!” So it was when I attended a textile workshop with Larry Schmidt at the North House Folk School. He specialises in traditional Scandinavian textile...
by kindlinglily | Jun 15, 2014 | Creative Moments
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by kindlinglily | Jun 13, 2014 | Crafts and Projects
I have spent an inspiring couple of days in Scotswood Natural Community Garden. It’s a stunning place on so many levels; just two to three acres in very urban part of Newcastle, thriving with trees, flowers, birds, insects, foxes, ponds and people. The garden is...
by kindlinglily | Jun 9, 2014 | Forest School, Theory and Ideas
Sitting around the fire at a recent Forest School conference a fascinating discussion developed about the nature of the pedagogy we employ. My friend Annie, of Get Out More, remembered a conversation she and I had had a few years ago. We had been discussing the amount...
by kindlinglily | May 21, 2014 | Crafts and Projects, Forest School
There is a really fascinating process you can do with fire that is basically making charcoal but without any wood… The process of making charcoal is to get something that is carbon based; so pretty much everything that was once alive, heat it up really hot...
