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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December 13, 2016
Offering time, space, and choice
By Sonja Lukassen, Lead Educator of Ottawa Forest and Nature School One entire day a…
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November 28, 2016
Choosing Hope
written by Petra Eperjesi, Manager of National Programs A couple of weeks ago –…
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November 10, 2016
Letting a “wrong” answer stand.
By Sonja Lukassen, Lead Educator of Ottawa Forest and Nature School Making snail stew from…
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September 30, 2016
Forest School First Aid
written by Petra Eperjesi, Manager of National Programs One of the central tenets of…
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May 27, 2016
Asking myself “Why not?”
By Sonja Lukassen, Lead Educator Recently driving home to a later-than-usual evening with my children, I was mapping out the smoothest paths to bedtime. Upon being asked to shower as…
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March 1, 2016
Trusting Our Own Judgement
Posted by Sonja Lukassen, Lead Educator (I did not take any photos of the zip-lining…
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February 23, 2016
Mapping the Forest Through Preschool Eyes
By Carrie Komesch, Educator ckomesch@childnature.ca Today some of our preschoolers made maps inside the cabin,…
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