ESSENTIALS
Storytelling + Storyacting: A Powerful Tool For Children
“Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.”- Robert McAfee Brown So some may wonder, why is storytelling so crucial to children’s development and how can we encourage the practice with them? “Storytelling connects your child to...
What is Friluftsliv and Can It Make Us Healthier, Happier and More Creative?
"Friluftsliv isn't something you can touch. It's something you feel in your soul."– August Casson Friluftsliv (pronounced FREE-loofts-liv) or “open-air life” is a big part of Aishling Forest School’s outdoor pedagogy and is a centuries-old Nordic tradition of...
How Forest School Nurtures Brain Development
“When we help a child to feel secure, feel appreciated, feel that “somebody is deeply, truly interested in me,” by the way we just look, the way we just listen, we influence that child’s whole personality, the way that child sees life.” – Magda Gerber It is...
How to Nurture Your Child’s Intuition: Their Inner Compass
“The only real valuable thing is intuition”- Albert Einstein Our intuition is our inner light and is an undeniably important aspect of humanity that we must pass down to our youth as they grow into adulthood. Both a skill and an art form, all humans possess intuition...
The Value of Play For Conflict Management
“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” -Albert Einstein What is Peace? Ask Google and you will find an array of answers: A state of tranquility or quiet. Freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions. Harmony in...
Teaching Consent As A Life Skill at Forest School
“Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves even when we risk disappointing others”- Dr. Brene Brown Very few states require districts to address consent at all. In districts that do talk with students about consent, the subject most often...
How Forest School Creates More Harmonious Humans
What if human society could evolve beyond violence: towards justice, democracy, world peace and harmony with Mother Earth? And what if this Neurosocial Evolution has already begun and is gathering pace? And…what if you have a key role to play in it?”- Robin Grille Did...
What’s The Most Important Word in Childhood?
“And at the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy, and your eyes sparkling”-Shanti PLAY, especially in nature is a fundamental right of all humans. Today, the children’s right and need for play is rapidly disappearing from American early...
Nature Itself is the Best Physician
“In clinical studies, we have seen that 2 hours of nature sounds a day significantly reduce stress hormones up to 800% and activates 500 to 600 DNA segments known to be responsible for healing and repairing the body.” – Dr. Joe Dispenza (Researcher of...
