Experience the forest with all your senses.
Children in particular love being out in nature. It offers them opportunities for play and adventure without sensory overload. Nowadays, however, you sometimes have to get children on the trail(s;-) and guide them.
Who offers forest tours?
- Forest educators (nona)
- Forest owners
- Foresters
- anyone interested in nature
What can I do?
- once through the forest with a magnifying glass
- You can find lots of forest games on the Internet
- Pack tree trunks as an adventure trail
- walk through the forest without shoes and socks
- go in search of clues
- Forest menu à la season
- Forest species - let your creativity run wild
- Imitate animals or play animal games
- Take a close look at wood
- ...
What to look out for?
- Observe the legal situation in the respective country
- Austria
- Do not enter forest crops (=seedlings) & young forest under 3m height
- Observe closed areas (forestry & hunting) (period and reason for closure must be posted)
- Austria
- ask the landowner for permission if necessary
- avoid making too much noise (the quieter you are, the more animals you will see)
- Take waste back home with you
Nature - always an experience
Weblinks
- www.waldpaedagogik.at - Further information and contact details for forest tours in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, ...
- www.treffpunktwald.ch - Various training and further education offers for schools, teachers, ...
Picture credits
- Cover photo: Experiential education course from www.elw-institut.de
- Photos: provided by Alisch Josua
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