Practice ResearchWhilst at work I met a mother and her daughter who attended a forest school. The short encounter gave me a taste as to what they do at the school. The little girl told me that she climbs tree's, she had made a fairy house out of wood as well as a beetle hotel. The mother said its all outside apart from a teepee which they can use whenever and her daughter loves it there. The mother also stated she favoured her choice of allowing her daughter to attend the forest school instead of a regular nursery and is keeping her on for an extra year instead of the first year (nursery) of school.
This was a good experience as I got to personally ask questions to a mother and daughter who attend a Forest school which is adapted from the Scandinavian schooling system. They use the environment to its fullest advantage to teach the children through playing with it. I'm starting to find that the environment may play a very important factor to how it can affect a way a child may learn. The idea of creating a space that allows a child to benefit from it most efficiently appeals to me as a way of developing what my practice may be. I want to create work that benefits children and the environment keeps appearing as a very important role in this. Comments are closed.
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