Although the concept of our Forest School is not an exact replica of Nicolette Sowder’s Wildschooling, we share fundamental ideas with the philosophy. The ten pillars that Sowden expounds stand tall and strong like grandmother trees at Wildlings Forest School. Let’s take a closer look at Sowden’s Pillars.
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Setting up base camp at Forest School is always fun. The forest takes us to another world, one where we can feel the air in our lungs and where we know adventure awaits. The resources we bring into the space need to fulfil a need, but we also want them to enhance not detract from our beautiful wild settings. In this blog we wanted to share with you why we absolutely adore the recycled plastic mats we use for our base camp…
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There is this hanging vine in a rainforest we visit that bears the shape of a swing. It has been there for years, the pure essence of a wild playground.
Through time, the vine has started to fall under the weight of gravity and small children and is touching the ground.
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Wildlings Forest School began as an idea between myself, Nicki Farrell & Vicci Oliver, fellow mothers, high school teachers and friends. We met at Vicci’s nature playgroup (Little Wildlings on the Sunshine Coast) and quickly found ourselves discussing if and where to send our eldest children to school the following year….
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