Forest School

Forest School [FS] is an educational approach that has existed worldwide since the late 1950s, with over ten thousand Forest School programs in the UK alone. In FS, children spend anywhere from a half day to a full day outdoors in various urban and near-urban parks, natural spaces adjacent to or on school grounds, or natural playgrounds and outdoor classrooms. Children attending FS have the opportunity to learn in a natural environment on a regular basis, ranging anywhere from a half to a full day. For instance some programs are offered to students half a day per week, whereas other schools and early years centers have embraced this approach on a more full time basis, resulting in students spending the majority of their days outdoors.

- http://www.forestschoolcanada.ca/home/about-forest-school

Forest Schools drive inquiry based learning by providing students a natural always changing environment to explore and be curiours. As well as an educator to facilitate this process throughout.

Canadian Forest Schools have started to develop based on the UK models. This a youtube video for a Canadian Forest School in Carp, Ontario.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQaGcsAxY6c

http://www.carpridgelearningcentre.ca/preschool.html