by kindlinglily | Mar 31, 2018 | Forest School, Theory and Ideas
Not that sort of wind! It is universally accepted that it is unsafe to take groups into the woods in high wind. This leads to one of the most asked questions for people who take groups into woodlands. How high a windspeed is too dangerous to be in the...
by kindlinglily | Jun 14, 2015 | Forest School, Theory and Ideas
com·mon·sense \?kä-m?n-?sen(t)s\ adjective : sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or facts People often say that effective risk assessments are the application of common sense. I tend to agree, but, different people have different...
by kindlinglily | Apr 25, 2014 | Forest School, Theory and Ideas
Risk taking is widely understood to be a natural part of a child’s development. Adults who work with children are moving on from thinking of risk only in the context of ‘the risk assessment’ which decides those things are too dangerous to allow. But are rather looking...
by kindlinglily | Jun 13, 2011 | Forest School, Theory and Ideas
I am, by nature a peaceful sort. However I often find myself building and making weapons. I do like the satisfaction of seeing a stick shooting off into the distance fired by a home made bow and we have made some constructions (that could best be described as siege...
by kindlinglily | May 2, 2011 | Forest School
I have a source of pride to share with you; I was the best tree climber in my street as a child. I was small and skinny and could hold on to thin branches my brother and his friends were too big to handle. I loved climbing trees, we would climb really really high....