Playing under the sky is completely underrated and is in danger of becoming a thing of the past.

Kudos for Forest schools is rightly growing as we realise we have become too safe, too 'indoorsy' and too worried about playing outdoors. The reasons I belive for this sad regressive development I will look  into in a later blog, for now let's focus on the benefits of outdoors

What we expect outdoors...

discovery

imaginary play

exploration

natural hapenings
wildlife sightings

science

big spaces
big skies

climbing
walking

crouching
rolling

stretching

building

breathing fresh air
smelling
listening
heightened senses
confidence boosting
FREEDOM

Outdoors affords time, removes barriers and allows the lungs to fill completely. I don't know about you but my best childhood memories were of being outdoors.