Jordan Manfredi
Guest Blog: Why Peace Begins With Children
“If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children." -
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Emotional Intelligence
Posts discussing emotional intelligence and the role it plays in building self-esteem and developing healthy relationships with ourselves and others
Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- May 2
- 8 min
Aggression or distress? Behaviour in the outdoors...
I could see him shaking. His fists were clenched and his jaws clamped so tightly that the muscles were visible in the contour of his...
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Landere Naisbitt
- Apr 9
- 7 min
Guest Blog: Environmental Education (and Magic!) in the Mud Kitchen at Forest Days
What is a mud kitchen, you might ask? It might sound dirty (which it is); it might sound like silly nonsense (which it is not); it might
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Apr 1
- 6 min
How do we advocate for more Nature programs, like Forest School?
I was sitting in a wooden chair at a table in the school principal's office wondering how it all happened so fast to get me here
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Feb 1
- 3 min
Nature and the Nervous System
I can still hear it despite being covered by a thick layer of ice and a deep blanket of snow. I just have to get a lot closer now because...
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- May 6, 2021
- 3 min
Remembering to say thank you
The best ones always seemed to be at the top of the tree. By the time they’d fallen to the ground and we happened to stumble upon them...
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Jan 17, 2021
- 6 min
Supporting behaviour through relationships, instead of rewards and punishments...
"What do you need to feel safe?", I asked. "I don't want to get hit by sticks!", he said. I was standing between two boys whose play had...
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Aug 31, 2020
- 5 min
What am I going to do to keep myself uncomfortable?
Years ago I attended a brief workshop at a conference that, in just a short two-hour window, provided me with lessons that have stuck with
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Aug 17, 2020
- 3 min
Storytelling Resources
Ever since gathering a group of storytellers together at the start of the global shutdown in 2020 for weekly livestreams, I've been getting
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- May 9, 2020
- 5 min
Learning when to stop asking children questions, even when it's in the name of “inquiry”
I’ve written before about my use of questions to prompt or assist children (and adults for that matter) to consider something more deeply..
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Jan 11, 2020
- 3 min
Do I do Forest School for the children? Or do I do it for me?
It's winter. A time of year in the northern hemisphere where days are short, vitamin D is lacking, I feel like hibernating, but modern...
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Nov 3, 2019
- 3 min
Forest Schooled Evolves... Again
Well, I’m dusting off the ol' Forest Schooled keyboard. It’s been a while since I’ve written a blog here. Life moves and sways, shifting...
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Sep 1, 2019
- 3 min
Forest Schooled, The Book
Okay, you know that feeling when you have an idea and then someday that idea becomes a reality? It's an amazing feeling and one I am so...
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Jun 7, 2019
- 6 min
Trusting Children to Resolve Conflicts in Play
As soon as we get outside of the school building and into the forest the kids race to the top of a small hill. Then they proceed to start...
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- May 9, 2019
- 1 min
Is the forest really magic?
Spring is officially bursting where I am and it has brought so much excitement to all of us at Forest School. The changes have been so...
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Apr 12, 2019
- 5 min
“So what do you do about puddles?!”
“So what do you do about puddles?!” I could sense a slight panic in her voice as she asked me this. And it was a valid question from...
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Mar 24, 2019
- 9 min
Integrating Forest School into a Public School Day
In the Starting a Forest School Program from Scratch series I described the steps I took to get a couple of programmes up and running in...
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Jan 5, 2019
- 6 min
Intervening in Children's Play...
This is a tough one for me to write, but here goes... One of my missions in Forest School and even through writing this blog has been to...
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Sep 30, 2018
- 4 min
Children's risky play and experiencing 'scary-funny'
The other day at Forest School a five year old named Ryan approached me with tears in his eyes. He was calm, but also clearly upset. He...
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Jun 3, 2018
- 1 min
A History of the UK & US Forest School Movement
If you've been following along with me over the past several months, you may have caught my ramblings here and there about how I'm...
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- May 12, 2018
- 6 min
Running out of time for Democracy!
I feel like a bit of a Forest School hypocrite when I say that I've made conscious decisions about how to "structure" the Forest School
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Apr 15, 2018
- 4 min
Shelters, Trust, and Maths, oh my!
It is only the third session in a new after school program. The children range in age between five and ten years old. They all attend the
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Sep 10, 2017
- 4 min
Bickering? Or bracelets?
Making bracelets. That can be such a popular activity for young people, or anyone really! Perhaps there's something about getting...
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Sep 2, 2017
- 6 min
Why Forest School?
If you caught the recent Facebook post or Forest Schooled newsletter, you'll have seen I've just started grad school and will be working
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Aug 13, 2017
- 3 min
Encouraging Emotional Intelligence...
Two 7 year old boys were sharing materials to practise lighting fires. I was nearby working with another girl practising her fire lighting
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- May 21, 2017
- 3 min
Sometimes the problems are small, but the feelings are big
Sometimes the problems are small, but the feelings are big. For example, this one time as a session was ending I found a 5 year old sitting
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Apr 29, 2017
- 5 min
Managing behaviour by asking kids to think for themselves...
Children look to us a lot for answers and guidance. They ask, “Can I do this?” or “Can I have that?” and rely on our answers as...
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Nov 6, 2016
- 7 min
A Forest School Leader's guide to facilitating reflection in the outdoors
This blog post is a little different. It's a long one, but please read or at least skip to the end because I need your help! I can tell...
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Oct 27, 2016
- 4 min
Fire Dynamics...
Has anyone else noticed the difference that having a fire makes at a session? I'm sure you have, at least to some degree. In fact, it's...
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Sep 28, 2016
- 2 min
It's peaceful here
I was exploring the wood with a 7 year old girl who wanted to find a place to build a den. Her 4 year old brother wanted to come along...
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Aug 19, 2016
- 3 min
Play is not just about having fun...
“I'm the mother and you're the baby,” said one girl to another. “What am I?” said a third girl. “You're the older sister,” replied the...
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Jun 16, 2016
- 4 min
Look after the woods...
Our Forest School site was vandalised for a second time over the weekend. It had already been vandalised the week before (we'd originally...
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- Jun 6, 2016
- 4 min
Struggles with self-esteem...
It's pouring with rain. There's an 8 year old child in front of you attempting to use a fire striker to light a piece of cotton wool. He...
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- May 12, 2016
- 6 min
Anxiety and burnt toast...
I've been trying to make sense of a situation I encountered with a girl at Forest School this week. I found it a bit odd at the time and...
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Caylin (Forest Schooled)
- May 4, 2016
- 3 min