5 voices of birds
I love listening to the birds. For many years I've ...
A way to walk…
I recently asked my friends on social media to suggest ...
Affordances, or why we feel invited.
When I walk into the woods it's nice to try and see ...
Badges of honour
Many years ago I talked with my friend Martin about ...
Brains and Nature
Notes from my sketch book as I read "Your brain on ...
Child initiated learning – making sparks!
Last night a group of newly qualified reception teachers ...
Child led learning or how it feels to not be in charge
Giving control over content and intent of play and ...
Comfort-Challenge-Fear
"So, what makes you feel comfortable?" This was the ...
Compound Flexibility
During my years as a Forest School leader one if the ...
Did you play in the mud today?
There are certain elements that regularly feature ...
Dynamic risk assessment or ‘shall we use our common sense?’
com·mon·sense \?kä-m?n-?sen(t)s\ adjective : sound ...
Forest School – Planning with children at the centre- evaluation
In a previous post I shared a template I use for planning. ...
Forest School- Planning with children at the centre
I've been working on a planning template for my own ...
Health and Safety Executive, how I do love thee
In a recent discussion about whether children should ...
Look after yourself, look after each other and look after the place we are in
There are many ways that I have used over the years ...
Making Weapons and Group Agreements
I am, by nature a peaceful sort. However I often find ...
Maslow’s hierarchy of need or why, in winter, we always have hot chocolate..
I was just repacking and checking through the safety ...
Protected: Needs in Forest School resources
Resources to support Lily's workshop at FSA conference ...
Play is like breathing
I have searched the whole internet to see if this ...
Pulling the legs off a spider
“Play is a biological necessity that puts the child ...
Recapitulative play, (we get our fire ready for cooking)
In a recent post a new provocation came from the children. ...
Salad! an extended metaphor
Vicky Mateu from Catalonia and Lily Horseman from ...
Springboards
I have been thinking a lot about springboards this ...
Squirrel Fishing
I thought I'd share with you a little doodle I had ...
The language of leaping
Even in that frantic run up to Christmas the Foundation ...
The names of things…
Often on training courses, when I ask what people ...
The questionable nature of questions
An article by Lily Horseman of Kindling with Gina ...
WAIT!
I'm one of life's enthusiasts. A cheerleader by nature. ...
Walking alongside
Sitting around the fire at a recent Forest School ...
Why is clay cleaner than mud?
Why is clay cleaner than mud? Why are barbecues safer ...
Wind and woods
Not that sort of wind! It is universally accepted ...
Yes, and… Play and learning
Sometimes I feel like describing ‘play’ is like ...
‘I climbed right up to here’ or Risk and Challenge in a Forest School
Risk taking is widely understood to be a natural part ...
“When the world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful*” or, celebrating International Mud Day
“When the world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.” ...
