Outdoor play

Outdoor play - 

outdoor play is essential to children of all ages. This shows children’s imaginative side, and also is great for the child physically. From being outside pushes children to be imaginative further than normal.

Forest activities in schools are getting more popular by the year, so I thought I would research into it and see what I can learn.  Forest schools run normally on their own ground such as their gardens/playing fields which has to be appropriate and safe for the children. This gives a child change to become comfortable with an outdoor approach to education and play whilst feeling safe. This is helping the children to self- explore.

The children then have ‘sessions’ exploring the site and establishing physical and behavioral boundaries.

Each forest school is designed to meet the needs of the students in the class. Teamwork is a vital lesson children are taught throughout their time out in the forest schools as they work together to make something, or go and explore something.

Personal skills also are brought out and even the ‘quieter children’ are making friends and enjoying themselves. Each activity also develops intra and inter-personal skills as well as practical and intellectual skills.

Forest schools provide so many learning curves for children so I thought I would post a video for you to understand a bit more about forest schools and what they do achieve. 

REFERENCES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAR_OTMxNOs