Forest Schooling is outdoor learning which is learner - led and emphasizes self discovery, risk taking, and problem solving. The first official forest school was in Denmark. It started as what they called a “walking kindergarten” in the 1950s. Interestingly, the concept actually derived from the Waldorf approach. Soon the concept arrived in Sweden. They [...]
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The wild and rolling summer
Give me all the wild, rolling storm clouds colliding with giant tufts of cotton candy in the sky. I will hold a cold mason jar of tea to my flushed face while early afternoon glides down my neck. But I know that, like a train chugging up to the station, the storm will come. It [...]
Turn for the Tide
Part One: The Glow . Our leader quickly explains what I will need to hurriedly write down. As scribe, I will listen for tag numbers, latitude, longitude, measurements, physical descriptors, and military time. I nod, hoping I won’t forget my instructions or fall behind. How quickly will this all happen? The tag, medical pack, a [...]
Emmy Goulet 