Our Week in the Forest
We’ve had an out of this world week - truly infinitely great! ♾️ Why, you ask? Well, for many reasons - but particularly thanks to our two amazing space-themed days! 🛸✨
We kicked things off on Monday with all the force Pluto had when it was booted from the solar system! 🌌 The day was all about celebrating women in science. We shared real-life stories about incredible women in STEM, while some friends blasted off in our forest spaceship! 🚀 With space-themed books in hand, we settled in for a journey deep into the solar system aboard our rocket ship. 📚🌠
On Tuesday, inspired by the children’s interests, we continued to make space for all things space! 🪐 Our rocket ship returned and while some friends jetted off into the stars, others stayed grounded to man - or rather wo-man - the base station in honour of our women in STEM theme. There, our budding mathematicians worked around the clock to ensure mission success, solving complex equations like 5 + 6 without visual cues. 🧠 🔢 NASA - watch this space! 👀 🌍
In the morning, some children requested a true historical story. Staying with our theme, Jemima shared a simplified, child-friendly version of the Apollo space rescue mission. 🌖 👩🚀 It was a day with gravity - and plenty of heat (almost as hot as Houston), but thankfully… no problems! ☀️ 🛰️
On Wednesday, we decided to come back down to Earth - and stay grounded. So grounded, in fact, that we spent the day focused on mindfulness in the forest! 🌳 🧘♀️
We love forest bathing at Fulham and we’re lucky enough to now have our very own resident yoga teacher-educator, Irem! The children set out on an adventure walk and found the perfect spot for some yoga - it's not quite full inner peace just yet... but certainly a step closer!
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Our mini yogis especially loved the animal-inspired poses: pigeons, dolphins, dogs (the downward kind of course), fish, cats, cows and even camels - it felt like we were in the middle of a forest zoo! 🐕 🐈 🐪 The children were amazing of course - oh, to have the flexibility of a two-year-old!
Back at camp, the kids dove into the mud kitchen with full creative flair to whip up a very special birthday cake for our friend Lara! 🎂 Our tiny chefs worked tirelessly and created something that could rival a royal wedding cake (at least in imagination and mud content!).
In the afternoon, to celebrate Lara’s birthday and tie back into our space theme, each child chose a planet - and our birthday star took a symbolic journey around the sun three times. 🌞 🌍 🌟 It was a rocking celebration… or should I say rocket celebration! 🚀 🎉
On Thursday, our special activity was an exciting adventure to the natural adventure playground in the palace grounds! 🌿 🏰
Our Little Forest Folk-ers are incredible climbers. While we love a good climbing frame at Fulham, nothing beats climbing real trees - or in this case, massive fallen logs. Some were as big as vintage Mini Coopers 🚗 🌳
Our learning focus for the younger children has been developing play around props and storytelling. With this in mind, Georgia led a magical, extended lunchtime story session - nearly a whole hour long! The children were captivated and completely immersed.
In the afternoon, our little ones dove into home-based role play. After all, while space is amazing... there’s truly no place like home! 🏡 ✨
Speaking of home - who’s ready for the weekend? 🌈
Little Forest Folk
Fulham