Experience the forest with all your senses.
Children in particular love being out in nature. This offers them opportunities for play and adventure without sensory overload. Nowadays, however, you sometimes have to put children on the track(s) and guide them first.
Who offers guided forest tours?
- Forest pedagogues
- Forest owners
- Forest ranger
- anyone interested in nature
What can I do?
- go once through the forest with a magnifying glass
- you can find a lot of forest games on the internet
- pack tree trunks as an adventure trail
- once through the forest without shoes and socks
- go in search of tracks
- forest menu á la season
- forest art - allow your creativity full bent
- imitate animals or play animal games
- put wood under the microscope
- ...
What to look out for?
- observe the legal situation of the respective country
- Austria:
- forest cultures (=set young plants) & do not enter young forest under 3m height
- restricted areas (forestry&hunting) observe (period and reason for the closure must be posted)
- Austria:
- ask landowners for permission
- avoid too much noise (the quieter the more animals you will see)
- take waste back home
Nature - always an experience
Weblinks
- www.waldpaedagogik.at - Further information and contact possibilities for forest guides in Ö, D, CH, IT, Slo, ...
- www.treffpunktwald.ch - Various education and training offers für schools, teachers, ...
Picture credits
- Title photo: experiential education course by www.elw-institut.de
- Photos: provided by Alisch Josua
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