Research
Here are links to a few good articles on nature based play/forest school philosophy that we’ve found interesting, and which back up the rewards for the children and community to be gained from running a Bush programme.
There’s quite a few here, if you just look at the first 5-7 it’ll give you lots to think about. we’d be interested to hear which articles you got the most out of.
Resources
- Growing Spaces of Belonging; A recent, Aotearoa study about Nature School-type programmes.
- Bush Sprouts Nature School featured in Nature and Wellbeing in New Zealand book
- Nature and Wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand by Catherine Knight
- Schools embrace learning by play after national standards abolished
- Cold logic
- Child behavioral expert Nathan Wallis drops bombshell on where people are parenting incorrectly
- Letting our kids run wild
- Transforming_Outdoor_Learning_in_Schools_SCN
- State of Play Survey
- Bush classroom day weaves lessons from nature into learning
- Taking the scenic route to academic attainment via emotional wellbeing outdoors
- RISKY PLAY: Losing a Childhood Right of Passage and a Tool to Help Protect that Right
- Why is Unstructured Play Crucial?
- Lessons in nature boost classroom engagement afterward, researchers report
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