Forest & Nature School (FNS) is an educational approach that centers around child led, emergent, and play based learning with regular and repeated access to the same natural space. FNS fosters the holistic development of each participant with low child/youth-adult ratios, uninterrupted free play time, a focus on process over outcome and responsible risky play.
At FNS, children and youth are understood as competent learners that help forge their own program; facilitators are there to support, guide and learn with the participants as co-creators of a safe place for all who join.
Through this approach, children and youth have the opportunity to build an ongoing relationship with the land, with a dedicated educator, with one another, and with themselves.
Participation in a Forest & Nature school program has both long and short term benefits including:
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