by kindlinglily | Jul 1, 2012 | Case Studies, Theory and Ideas
There are certain elements that regularly feature in my work life; fire, tools, cooking outdoors, climbing, bows and arrows and mud! To celebrate International Mud Day (29th June) I’ve collected together this weeks adventures that involved mud. Some of them...
by kindlinglily | Feb 25, 2012 | Forest School, Theory and Ideas
“So, what makes you feel comfortable?” This was the question I asked a group of seven to nine year olds this week. We were in the woods for the first session of our Forest School sessions and I wanted to help focus them on what they would be doing over the...
by kindlinglily | Feb 12, 2012 | Theory and Ideas
Sometimes I feel like describing ‘play’ is like drawing the wind. You can recognise it, you know what it looks and feels like, but it is somehow nebulous and hard to pin down. I have been working in the field of play and playwork for nearly fifteen years and yet I...
by kindlinglily | Aug 1, 2011 | Creative Moments
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” Plato I recently spent a wonderful 24hrs with my friend and her daughter, my goddaughter R. Now aged six, this is a child I have known since before she was born, we...
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...
