For inquiries about our children's nature education programs at the Forest School, please reach out to us at redkiteforestschool@gmail.com. Follow us on Instagram @red_kite_forest_school to learn more about our holistic learning and outdoor learning activities.
For inquiries about children's nature education, including our Forest school programs that emphasize holistic learning and outdoor learning experiences, please contact us at 07713 632 916.
Red Kite Forest School, founded by Helen Murray in 2019, focuses on children's nature education for kids aged 3 and up. As a qualified Level 3 Forest School Practitioner and Level 3 Childcare Practitioner with over a decade of teaching experience, Helen emphasizes the importance of outdoor learning. She believes that engaging with nature provides a holistic learning environment where children can both learn and unwind.
Red Kite Forest School provides children with unique opportunities for children's nature education that encourages them to engage with the natural world. The Forest School initiative, which originated in Scandinavia in the 1950s, highlights the significance of children's contact with nature and emphasizes the importance of outdoor learning. It supports the idea that children should have the freedom to play, explore, learn, and develop outside the traditional classroom setting.
Engaging with nature fosters children's confidence, courage, and spontaneity, offering magnificent opportunities for holistic learning and deep, memorable experiences. Forest School teaches children about risk-taking in a controlled environment, allowing them to flourish and enhance both their skills and self-belief.
In modern society, many children have limited access to the outdoors, and as a result, vital experiences gained from being in nature are slowly diminishing.
The Forest School ethos promotes holistic learning, fostering the holistic development of self-esteem, creativity, confidence, communication, and independence among children. Through children's nature education, they gain an increased knowledge and understanding of the natural world while experiencing opportunities to develop their gross and fine motor skills. The skills and development nurtured at Forest School seamlessly transfer to all other environments, supporting the unique child. During each outdoor learning session, children engage and share ideas in nature's classroom, where language and communication flourish. Sometimes, the simplest things in nature can bring the greatest joy!
