🌲📚 Benefits of our Story-Based Forest School Sessions 📚🌲
Communication & Language
🌿 Rich opportunities to introduce and explore new vocabulary
🌿 Develops listening, attention and understanding
🌿 Encourages conversations, questioning and storytelling
Personal, Social & Emotional Development
🌿 Builds confidence through exploration and managed risk-taking
🌿 Supports cooperation, sharing and turn-taking
🌿 Develops self-regulation, resilience and independence
Physical Development
🌿 Strengthens balance, coordination and core strength
🌿 Develops fine motor skills through handling natural materials
🌿 Promotes healthy, active outdoor play
Literacy
🌿 Brings stories to life through meaningful experiences
🌿 Supports retelling, sequencing and comprehension
🌿 Inspires mark-making and early writing opportunities
Mathematics
🌿 Encourages counting, sorting and pattern-spotting
🌿 Develops positional language and spatial awareness
🌿 Promotes problem-solving through exploration
Understanding the World
🌿 Sparks curiosity about nature and the environment
🌿 Encourages observation, investigation and enquiry
🌿 Helps children connect stories to real-life experiences
Expressive Arts & Design
🌿 Inspires imaginative play and role play
🌿 Encourages creativity using natural resources
🌿 Supports music, movement and artistic expression