Welcoming Fire
It was our first rainy and chilly week at forest school so it was the perfect time to learn about ...
Local Free Forest School Secures Competitive National Grant to Introduce More Families to Nature-Based Learning — Free Forest School
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — October 14, 2021 — A Minneapolis-based nature education program that serves thousands of students nationwide is among ...
All about acorns
" Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, water-bugs, tadpoles, frogs and mud-turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees to ...
Thank you Corn!
Animal tracking is a core nature awareness routine that we practice regularly. This dried up pond mud is the perfect ...
Frogs and flowers
" Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, water-bugs, tadpoles, frogs and mud-turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees to ...
The Snail Shell Hunter: In Praise of Nature Collections — Free Forest School
Collecting can spark curiosity about the natural world, encouraging children to learn more about their specimens. Where did it come ...
Finding Nature: 10 Steps for Starting Your Family’s Outdoor Routine — Free Forest School
By Jan DubinskyDuring my early years of motherhood, being outside didn’t register as a necessity. My family frequented a couple ...
Director’s Pick: Nature as a Salve for Children With Autism — Free Forest School
Outside in nature is where kids are free to be themselves. According to Free Forest School families with kids on ...
Bringing the Classroom Outdoors: First Grade Learnings with Maria Villavicencio — Free Forest School
When many of her students’ parents share their own well-founded fears or traumatic experiences in the outdoors, Maria builds trust ...
Director’s Pick: NYT Op-Ed on Rethinking Extracurriculars — Free Forest School
“As American society reopens, going back to our children’s prepandemic activities looks like an enticing way to reintroduce upper-elementary through ...
Learning and Growing Outdoors — Free Forest School
Navigating Risk From Hawaii to ColoradoGrowing up in Hawaii, most of Olivia Taylor’s fondest memories were outside. “My dad turned ...
Meet the Team: Anya Hankin — Free Forest School
We are mere weeks away from launching our new online hub Our Outdoors, and we wanted to introduce one of ...
Heading Outside Without a Plan — Free Forest School
Anna Sharratt, the founder of Free Forest School, takes you along on an outdoor romp with her kids on a ...
What Does FFS’s Board of Directors Do? — Free Forest School
Free Forest School is a national-and-beyond organization with a mission to nurture kids and empower caregivers by fostering connections to ...
