January 5, 2016
Play Comes Naturally
This guest post is written by Pat Andrews. Pat is an educator who has worked…
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December 14, 2015
“Do you want to play Wolves?”
By Carrie Komesch, Educator Our Friday school-aged students consistently return to a game they call…
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December 1, 2015
Creatures of the Forest: Deer and Mortality
By Carrie Komesch, Educator Sometimes, when my gaze wanders into the trees surrounding the cabin,…
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November 26, 2015
What do you mean “emergent curriculum”?
By Sonja Lukassen, Lead Educator Emergent Curriculum can be defined as a way of supporting…
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November 17, 2015
Forest School on the Schoolyard: Part Two
By Carrie Komesch, Educator The Meadowlands schoolyard is relatively unexceptional. It does have more trees…
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November 13, 2015
Letting go of the adult aesthetic
by Sonja Lukassen, Lead Educator It's so easy to believe that I know what end-product…
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November 4, 2015
Forest School on the Schoolyard: Part One
By Carrie Komesch, Educator Over the past year, Forest School Canada and the Ottawa Carleton…
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October 26, 2015
The Zipline
By Carrie Komesch, Educator It was raining on the last Friday before Thanksgiving, but the…
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October 26, 2015
The End of the Water
By Carrie Komesch, Educator I'm always undecided in how I feel about playing with water.…
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October 12, 2015
The Field
By Carrie Komesch, Educator Our Friday school-aged group was having a snack and water break…
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