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Very very interesting and informative video. Thanks
Love love ❤️ and your baba is so cute, flopped over
Lou. Thank you in advance for what you've done for me in realising the missing piece of the jigsaw in my entrepreneurial (& spiritual!) endeavours ❤🙏🏼 you're amazing!
Ahh, Thanks for watching! I'm curious to know what the missing piece is now! 😀
@ForestSchoolLou forest schoooools😁🌳 haha I'd love to chat more if that's at all possible whenever. I'm UK based too so this is all so helpful 😊🙏🏼
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@ForestSchoolLou thanks very much I shall 💚
So if a child were to offer me a bit of mud tea, is it praise to say "yummy" or is that just playing along?
Thanks for watching. I personally would say that their has to be some sort of positive judgement behind the statement for it to be praise 'well done, you're so clever to make the mud tea its so yummy' which I think is different to actively engaging in the role play 'what yummy tea, I wonder what the ingredients are?' I guess there could be a fine line between it.
ohhh, no pude verlo y me ineresa muchoooo, alguna pista?
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There's a Darlac secuteur specifically for smaller-handed or less powerfully-gripped persons. Works great for our 5-7yr old so far.
Thanks for sharing!
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This is my home I’ve never been there it makes me sad it’s the worst feeling ever I would die to live in home but I can’t
I want to live there so bad I’m crying
Hello, I am a qualified teacher looking to either setup or work at a forest school and this was so helpful, thank you
Thanks for watching!
Hello 🍯 I liked this video very much Keep making more videos like this I love it. By the way, if you pay a little attention to video editing i.e. insert B-roll properly then it will be very easy to understand the topic.
Yes, You are right. 🧋
No, it is not that video editing is completely bad at present. Yes, if the video is edited better then it will definitely be better. But, they should take this decision. 🥧
No, perhaps this decision should be taken by them only. 🍪
Look, no matter what people say, I completely agree. Because B-Roll and subtitles are very important in video. 🍙
Air cadets solos
Very helpful, thank you
This is so so true, glad others are discussing this! Thank you very helpful X
Thanks for watching!
Ahh thank you! I often make up my own turns or they come to me but it’s so so soooooo helpful to have something new and a way to start and end. Thank you. And your singing is lovely! I have always thought that about my singing too.
Thanks for watching! Happy singing!
Thanks both. I'm wondering if what John is talking about is not fundamentally linked to what Piaget stated 150 years ago or so - childrens' brains are different to ours, not inferio , not underdeveloped; and ultimately it can be stretched to accepting that each brain is individual and it pays to try to listen and understand and treat the other as a partner, someone much needed in the 'team' (even if it's just a two souls gig), regardless of age or where they are at in their life journey....it's incredibly hard at times but I am very grateful to folks like you who keep reminding us and offer powerful tools for when things get tough in our lives. Thank you both again for your public conversation!
Thanks for watching! Yes I think you are right - children's brains are different, but not lesser than an adult. I think that this is such an important point in our modern society that seems to be very adult dominated, where often children are expected to 'do what they are told' all the time without being offered choices or any agency over their own lives.
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I love you 😍 so much 💗
This happened to my buddy Eric one time
Im going forest school after easter so ty for making this vid it helped me alot
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Some times its hard when parents are in denial about their childs behaviour
Lou, thank you, you are an inspiration to all us forest schoolers.
Lesson two get eaten by a line because of stupid training is
i should go to desert school instead
Hi there! Is there way to learn from you level 3 forest school training? You have a such an approach and personality, i think its very important who a person learns from. Is is just as impactful as the knowledge itself.
What an amazing assistant you have 🥰
Thank you!!
i see forest school. i subscribed
Yay! Thanks for subscribing!
How about an aiming game where we could prop sticks of different sizes on the ground and aim to hit them with another stick from a distance. Earn points for the team.
I love these!
im very interested in taking the course. Do i need to be a classically qualified teacher? Is there any must have previous qualifications or specific level of education in order to enroll in the forest school teacher course in the uk?
😂😂😂 had me laughing out loud
I think the sheep were impressed! 😀
It sounds as though Lily-Roe was having a lovely time of it in the background ❤
I think she was doing her own video story!
reduces stress unless you are being hunted... then the real schooling begins.... <evil smile>
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You raise a lot of good points the 1 hour is a good point 👍
Thanks for watching!
This is why I became a montessori & forest school guide. The sheer genuine children emit when they're learning through play, it's just something incredible to watch!
Thanks for watching!
Definitely trying these, thank you Lou!
Happy playing!
This is sooooo validating. Thank you!!
Thanks for watching!
This is an extremely helpful video. Thank you. We've been chatting about this in our local forum. It would be a real shame if clients restricted heavily like this and then came away thinking it wasn't very effective. I came to FS after reading the research report "A marvellous opportunity for children to learn" so I was keen to follow the principles closely in order to maximise the 'FS benefits'. Many practitioners I know have had to adapt and use all their resourcefulness to make the best of what they're given. As an outdoor educator, I do the more structured, curriculum-based work and I'm also therapeutically trained. Each has it's place and value. I'm all for clearer communication between clients, participants and leaders so our offerings are safe, fit for purpose, and deliver the outcomes the participants want and need.
Absolutely - we can't expect the same outcome from something that gets restricted and watered down and as you say it would be a terrible shame if people then thought 'Forest School' doesn't work like its says it does, when they haven't resourced it properly to actually be 'Forest School'!
I run a forest school in Tokyo. Thank you for the affirmation that we're doing things right. Unfortunately, Tokyo is not ready for it YET. We'll get there though!
Thanks for watching! Great to hear that you are getting the children out - yes people (and education systems) will get there in their own time - we can just help guide them a bit! 😀
That is an excellent breakdown of what is a thorny problem for a lot of leaders at the moment. Outdoor time is definitely better than no time at all, but without allowing for the time, resources and ratios that Forest School needs, you won't get Forest School results. I totally agree that as leaders we need to be a lot more expressive about the benefits of FS and clear about what eroding the principles will do to the outcomes.
Thanks for watching! Forest School practitioners unite - To stand up for the principles! 😀
I would disagree with your summary of Curriculum Linked Outdoor learning - firstly there is no UK National Curriculum, there is an English one, then the three other home nations have different curricula and approaches. Secondly you can be place and people responsive, create a lesson which *needs* to be outdoors, not just 'take the resources outdoors'.
Thanks for watching. Yes I have heard that the Scottish and Welsh curriculums are much more holistic and play based that the English one. I guess I was aware on the international audience on this platform and not wanting to break it down too much. In terms of curriculum based Outdoor Learning - I suppose even with the more flexible curriculums you would plan and support the children the same way inside as outside though? As in - you wouldn't just be people responsive and place responsive outside - you would do that with inside lessons too? Like in good Early Years practice - observations and planning of next steps, providing enabling environments loose parts etc would be done across both the outdoor and indoor spaces using the EYFS as the framework. As opposed to using a different set of practices, different ways of working, different language styles etc in the different environments (which can be the case for some other forms of outdoor learning).
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Thanks Lou your enthusiasm is infectious, my group loved the mini beast mime especially the millipede at the end
Thanks for watching! Happy playing!
Hi Lou, I really like watching your videos they always so helpful and interesting. Watching this one made my heart jump. I love your attitude and wished more people would think like this. Don't worry what others think, you are doing the right thing, Lilly row is such a lucky young lady. When my son broke his arm he used it after a while as base ball bat, doctors were not impressed when they took the no more white, battered cast off but his muscles and mobility had not declined at all and he had fun even with the cast. 😂
Thanks for watching! It amazes me to watch the natural resilience of small children left to their own instincts - the play instinct seems to be the strongest at the moment with Lily-Roe, above all else... as an adult to try and stop that or restrict it due to an injury seemed to me to not trust her own judgements about her capabilities. I think children hold a lot of natural wisdom!
Very useful. Thank you so much
Thanks for watching!
I agree with Lou that it is a control thing as it was not the educational hierarchy that changed the way children were taught but government ministers who were not trained or knowledgeable enough to make those decisions. I am 57 and I was allowed up till top infants to play with sand and water etc and drawing and art and craft was important as was P.E. and many hours were given over to this as was sports in the juniors and music etc but there was no enforced national curriculum back then ! I was a fully trained primary school teacher but chose to home educate my children as did so many other teachers as we knew the system was and is failing children. I am now pleased to be training as a forest school leader and am just beginning my six week pilot so that I can help develop the vital skills needed for well educated fully functioning self aware adults I hope !
Thanks for watching - wishing you many wild adventures in the woods!