Children need fresh air, sunshine and water: how outdoor time can transform education, with Nicki Farrell from Wildlings Forest School

Today’s guest Nicki Farrell was motivated by the mental health crisis in teenagers to create her amazing business Wildlings Forest School with her business partner Vicci Oliver. Nicki and Vicci offer all kinds of programs in nature for preschool and school aged kids in southeast Queensland, Australia, and have even developed a course to help you start your own nature school!

Listen to hear: 

• How kids can learn just as well (and probably better) when they are outdoors
• Why we should reframe “risky play” as “play with risk” and what that shift in language can do for your mindset
• How educators can incorporate nature into the classroom in really easy ways
• How you can be the squeaky wheel and ask your school to make changes to help your kids get outside more

Find out more about Wildlings Forest School at Wildlings Forest School and on Instagram at @wildlings_forestschool

Links to past episodes we mentioned in today’s episode: 

• Why getting outside is good for your health, with Dr. Melissa Lem, family physician and director of Canada’s national nature prescription program | Get Outside With Kids
• Why movement and outdoor play are essential to your kid’s development, with Angela Hanscom, pediatric occupational therapist | Get Outside With Kids
• Exploring with kids in the ‘80s, from the Aussie outback to the Canadian prairies to the Kenyan savannah, with Sue and Peter Le Souef | Get Outside With Kids

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