Greetings Forest School For All Members, Happy New Year! We’re grateful you joined us for forest fun in 2015. With a new year, 2016 kicks off an improved online experience, along with more benefits for you as members. Here are our two new features: New Website: Visit www.forestschoolforall.com for a…
Greetings Forest School For All Members, If you’ve visited the Forest School For All site this weekend, you may have noticed it is under maintenance. We’re currently working behind the scenes to bring you a new and improved online experience. We’re excited to unveil it – and all of it’s…
Expect a pace and rhythm of the children that attend, through unstructured, free play. Watch as the benefits, the magic and fun of play in the forest unfolds! WEATHER: 65 degrees & partly sunny LEADER: Claudine – claudine(at)forestschoolforall(dot)com LOCATION: South Mountain Reservation, Brookside Drive (directions here) There is a dirt…
When anyone spends time in the great outdoors – exploring, creating and enjoying – there is an impact on the natural world. For when we put ourselves in a delicate ecosystem, we become part of that ecosystem. Some of the ways we do this is tremendous. We may (ahem) plant…
Expect a pace and rhythm of the children that attend, through unstructured, free play. Watch as the benefits, the magic and fun of play in the forest unfolds! WEATHER: 75 & cloudy (rain/storms wont start until after 3pm) LEADER: Alicia (Thank you for leading while I am away! -claudine) LOCATION:…
While you may have switched out of summer mode a couple of weeks ago, at the beginning of September, September 22 is officially the last day of summer. Tomorrow, we greet autumn, get to experience as much darkness as daylight, and can celebrate all that this new season will bring.…
WEATHER:65-70 degrees & cloudy (wear layers to enjoy the cool of fall!) LEADER: Claudine – claudine(at)forestschoolforall(dot)com LOCATION: South Mountain Reservation, Brookside Drive Www.forestschoolforall.com/essexnj Rain gear is suggested to allow for extended play and protection from ticks. Also bring, Extra clothes for after your adventures, and remember to do a tick…
WEATHER: 63-69 degrees & partly sunny (time to find your layers!) LEADER: Anne LOCATION: Watchung Reservation – Trailside Nature Center parking lot Rain gear is suggested to allow for extended play and protection from ticks. Also bring, Extra clothes for after your adventures, and remember to do a tick check…
Photograph Courtesy of family+footprints. Do you remember the buzz about the 1979 first grade readiness checklist a few years back? The one asking if your child could walk alone four plus blocks from home…at six years old? What a sign showing how much times had changed. Now 35 years…
WEATHER: 84 degrees & sunny LEADER: MaryClair (maryclair(at)forestschool(dot)com) LOCATION: South Mountain Reservation, Locust Grove Parking Lot TRAIL: The trail entrance in on the left as you enter the parking lot. We will meet at the trail marker (Rahway). Expect a pace and rhythm of the children that attend, through unstructured,…
