February 16, 2016
Emotional Intelligence and Self-Esteem at Forest School
This guest post was written by Jasmine Nault, an early childhood educator and mother of…
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February 12, 2016
Believing in the Impossible
By Sonja Lukassen, Lead Educator I was preparing to tell a story to a group…
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February 8, 2016
The DIY Subnivean Zone
By Carrie Komesch, Educator ckomesch@childnature.ca The forest is blanketed with snow, but that's not to…
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February 3, 2016
Embracing Winter
By Sonja Lukassen, Lead Educator A guest this week said that she has lived in…
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January 25, 2016
Preschool in the Snow
By Carrie Komesch, Educator This is how some students arrive once there is snow on the…
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January 15, 2016
Isn’t wind chill calculation an inexact science anyway?
By Carrie Komesch, Educator The first students to arrive this morning began collecting large and…
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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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