Little Chums forest school sessions are child led enabling children to follow their interests that leads to motivated learning. Forest school sessions offer children the opportunity to succeed and develop confidence and self-esteem through hands-on learning experiences in a woodland environment where ‘the classroom is never the same’. Children engage in motivating and achievable tasks and activities throughout the year and in almost all weathers. Children will work with tools, play, learn boundaries of behaviour; both physical and social, grow in confidence, self-esteem and motivation whilst developing an understanding of the natural world. The Forest School concept originates in Denmark, originally aimed at pre-school children, where it was found that children who had attended forest school then arrived at school with strong social and communication skills, having the ability to work in groups effectively, generally had high self-esteem and a confidence in their own abilities. These foundations helped them to raise their academic achievements.
A Forest School encourages children to:
Develop personal and social skills
Work through practical problems and challenges
Use tools to create, build or manage
Discover how they learn best
Pursue knowledge that interests them
Learn how to manage failures
Build confidence in decision making and evaluating risk
Develop practical skills
Understand the benefits of a balanced and healthy lifestyle
Explore connections between humans, wildlife and the earth
Regularly experience achievement and success
Reflect on learning and experiences
Develop their language and communication skills
Improve physical motor skills
Become more motivated
Improve their concentration skills
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