Nurturing Children’s Spirits in Nature with Wildlings Forest School

07/14/21 • 29 min

If you want to hear how you can help nurture your children's spirits in nature, listen to the philosophy of the Wildlings Forest School. The Wildlings Forest School provides the time, space, and mentors for free play in the forest to allow nature immersion that fosters connection, curiosity, and play-based learning.
In the Wildlings Forest School, kids get permission to be kids again, get dirt back into childhood and choose their own adventures. We chat with Nicki Farrell who co-founded the Wildlings Forest school. Nicki and her business partner, Vicci Oliver, founded Wildlings Forest School in 2017 after being unable to find a local school that fit their children's need for outdoor learning and nature connection.
The Wildlings Forest School is now in its 4th year and continues to provide play-based learning experiences for children in supported yet unstructured outdoor spaces across South East Queensland, Australia. Wildlings believe that children deserve the freedom to play, explore and take reasonable risks. Wildlings aim to help children build resilience, connection, and environmental stewardship through wild adventure and nature immersion.

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Supporting Kids through Mindfulness Practices with Mindful Kids Melbourne

Mindfulness in its simplest form is paying attention, being present, and focused in the moment to experience the most out of life. We chat with teacher Sarah Fuller, the founder of Mindful Kids Melbourne about supporting kids through mindfulness practices to get through challenging times and navigate all emotions.
Sarah discusses how mindfulness enables children to tune into their bodies, the emotions they are feeling, and how to calm their mind and body with simple tools like their breathing. As an educator, she believes teaching children about mindfulness and promoting positive wellbeing from a young age leads to positive outcomes and the development of resilience and problem-solving strategies that they will take with them throughout their lives.

Positive-Psychology Mindfulness practices can help kids build problem-solving strategies and have a positive impact on their brain and neural pathways by teaching them to self-regulate an array of emotions by using their five senses.
Mindfulness enables children to pay attention to the present moment without judgement and to be aware of the range of emotions not just happy or sad ones. Positive-Psychology mindfulness practices allow children and parents to fill their cups and experience the small moments of simple joys.
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Nurturing Children’s Wellbeing through Dinner Conversations with Around the Table

Do you want to discover how to nurture your children’s wellbeing through dinner conversations? Around the Table has created simple and fun ways to connect with our kids and create family rituals through dinner conversation cards.

Around the Table have Family Dinner Conversation Cards to enrich our relationships with our children through conversation at shared family mealtimes. Danielle Barrett is the founder of Around the Table, a service designed to make dinnertime easier and more enjoyable so families can enjoy the many benefits of eating dinner together.

Danielle’s background is in primary school teaching and together with a child psychologist and two school counsellors, they created the questions for the conversation cards. Children enjoy choosing the cards and the questions can be lighthearted whilst simultaneously giving insight into your child’s wellbeing.

Scientific research shows that sharing mealtimes and engaging in conversation with children of all ages from toddlers to teenagers can enhance their social and mental wellbeing. Danielle suggests starting small by organising regular family meals during the week, making dinner fun, and sharing our experiences with our children.

During times of lockdown, families have experienced how the dinner cards can encourage regular connections over mealtimes and how they can provide comfort, support, and security to our children through simple family rituals.

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