As educator’s at Little Forest Folk Chiswick, we feel incredibly lucky to have the privilege of spending our days admiring and developing our children’s character, curiosity, candour and courage.
Wimbledon - joy of den and house building
Fulham - Caring and Sharing
Chiswick - natural sense of inquisition
Wimbledon - The artist, the baker and the mud-ball maker...
Fulham - Bright yellow daffodils
Chiswick - The first signs of spring!
I just want my children to be okay - Dreams of a Little Forest Folk School
Wimbledon - “Eagles coming, eagles coming!”
Fulham - Kingdom of the wiggly worms
Chiswick - The bird is the word
But if all they do is play all day, how will they be ready for school?
A common topic on site visits is school readiness. Parents often look wistfully at the happy, free, liberated, engaged, laughing children and ask, 'But if all they do is play all day, how will they be ready for school? If my child comes to Little Forest Folk do I need to tutor him at home? Or does he need to be attending a conventional nursery as well?'. When parents ask about school readiness, they almost exclusively are referring to literacy and the necessity to be able to sit still and listen.
