ESSENTIALS
Supporting Your Child’s Inner Fire and Knowing
“When you know who you are; when your mission is clear and you burn with the inner fire of unbreakable will; no cold can touch your heart; no deluge can dampen your purpose. You know that you are alive.”- Chief Seattle At Aishing Forest School, when we speak of fire...
Why Imagination is More Important Than Knowledge
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.”- Albert Einstein This week’s...
Can Children Find Their Way to Self-Actualization?
“Self-actualized people...live more in the real world of nature than in the man-made mass of concepts, abstractions, expectations, beliefs and stereotypes that most people confuse with the world.”― Abraham Maslow, Hierarchy of Needs: A Theory of Human Motivation...
Nurturing the Fire Inside of Us
“Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.” — Rumi This past week at Aishling Forest School was all about the only element that humans can create: Fire. We experienced and spoke about the literal fire that warms us and feeds us, and the fire within each...
Brilliant Scientists Begin as Curious Observers of Nature: The Many Benefits of Nature Journaling
“Humans Love to Wonder And That is the Seed of Science”- Ralph Waldo Emerson Many famous scientists, including Charles Darwin, first recorded observations, which led to important discoveries in their own nature journals. Teaching science is all about giving children a...
How Social Stories Help Young Learners at Forest School
"The Best Way to Teach People, Is By Telling a Story"- Kenneth Blanchard As an Occupational Therapist with an emphasis on pediatric neuroscience, I often use social stories to help children understand expected behaviors, work through interpersonal issues, practice...
At Forest School We Learn How to To Protect the Planet
“Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together … all things connect.” —Chief Seattle This past week at Aishling Forest School the focus was on one of our three...
Wolves, Like Children Are Not Born to Lead Calm Lives
“For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.” - Rudyard Kipling At Aishling Forest School, we always encourage our learners to follow the “Forest School Way” which includes our three main guideposts 1. Taking of taking care of...
All About Forest School and Its Educational Roots
"Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better."- Albert Einstein It was like a breath of fresh air being back in the woods for the beginning of our Spring 2022 season, the eighth season here at Aishling Forest School. Over this past week,...
