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 | Nov 12, 2017 | Crafts and Projects
A video tutorial how to make a rope ladder. I love this way of tying knots. The left hand side and right hand side of the body working together. You can use the same knots with different lengths of stick or twig to make Christmas tree shapes. The large...
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 | Aug 14, 2014 | Forest School
I didn’t know how much of this last week would be spent dealing with fear. Heights, the dark, spiders in the toilet, bigger kids. All normal parts of a week of play in a field on the edge of a wood. But what struck me again and again is the resilience and...
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...