June 16, 2017
What items could be in a Forest School Kit?
by Sonja Lukassen, Lead Educator and Manager Regional Programs, Ottawa Forest and Nature School We are…
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June 9, 2017
Defining Forest School Part 2- What do you mean “Emergent Curriculum?”
By Sonja Lukassen, Lead Educator and Manager Regional Programs, Ottawa Forest and Nature School June…
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June 2, 2017
What can we do about ticks?
by Sonja Lukassen, Lead Educator and Director Regional Programs, Ottawa Forest and Nature School I…
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May 26, 2017
Linking the Forest to Self-Regulation
We are honoured to be able to offer insights into the Forest School approach as…
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May 19, 2017
Finding Forest School in the Schoolyard
By Sonja Lukassen, Lead Educator of Ottawa Forest and Nature School For many folks, large…
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May 12, 2017
Defining Forest School Part 1- Why visit the same land many times?
by Sonja Lukassen, Lead Educator of Ottawa Forest and Nature School One of the essential…
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May 5, 2017
The “Hidden Curriculum” of Forest School
A guest post from Abbey Cressman, a Teacher Candidate who spent time at Ottawa Forest…
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April 28, 2017
Believing in Impossible Things
(Some families have been asking for older blog posts that have gotten lost in the…
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April 21, 2017
Bringing the Outdoor, Emergent Learning into the Classroom
(Intro by Sonja Lukassen) Two days a week we bring the playing and learning that…
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April 12, 2017
Missed Opportunities
“Hey, Charlotte! What’s your plan over there?” Charlotte is 4, maybe 3 feet tall, maybe…
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