Benefits of Forest School

  Wattyler Education- Children in a Forest School setting showed improvements in

• Increased self-esteem and self-confidence
• Improved social skills
• The development of language and communication
• Improved physical motor skills
• Improved motivation and concentration
• Increased knowledge and understanding
• New perspectives for all involved

Forest School Canada - The benefit of children being in a Forest School includes the following:

• Improves health (environmental, physical, emotional, mental)
• Increases understanding of and appreciation for nature
• Augments ecological literacy
• Makes additional resources available for managing difficult behaviours
• Accommodates multiple learning styles
• Affordable and community-enhancing way to deal with school space issues
• Promotes safe risk-taking, and reduces harmful and hazardous behaviours
• Creates sustainable and healthy communities
• Encourages problem-solving skills
• Improves communication skills
• Creates engaged and passionate learners
• Supports creative and imaginative thinking
• Empowers learners
• Increases “school readiness” (when children transition into traditional school environments)
• Provides greater concentration skills
• Students experience fewer sick days

The Canadian Forest School Movement- Benefits for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD.

In the outdoor setting there are any walls and the sounds do not bounce off to make it loud. This prevents children with Autism Spectrum Disorder from being  over stimulated children; therefore they do better. "In addition, individuals with hyper-activity also benefit from fully expending their energy so that learning patterns are not interrupted. Children in an FS can often walk away from situations; [they can] take a breath or take time away if they are getting overwhelmed. With four walls, theycan’t do that as easily because [learners walking out of a classroom] are harder to supervise. People think it would be harder to supervise [learners] outdoors, but I think it is easier [outdoors] to manage those behaviours."

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The benefits of children being in a forest school setting creates opportunities for them improvement their problem solving skills, enjoy, achieve, be healthy, make a positive contribution while staying safe- Forest School Training (There is an in-depth explanation of these benefits on the website)

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