Units 5 & 6: Supporting learning & development at Forest School
Resources, handouts and links
Forest School ethos
FSTC handout
Useful links
Links to other approaches to learning
Forest School influences
FSTC handout
Useful links and books
Nature benefits and connection
FSTC handout
Benefits of nature connection
Holistic development
FSTC handout
Useful links & books
Supporting holistic development in nature
Reflective practice
Journalling will support your development as a FS practitioner and help you complete your coursework.
FSTC handout
Useful links
Emotional intelligence
FSTC Handout
Useful web links
Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
Beyond Discipline, From Compliance to Community by Alfie Kohn
Self esteem
FSTC handout
Useful links
Books
Confident children - by Gael Lindenfield
Helping children to build self-esteem by Deborah Plummer
Because We're Worth It: Enhancing Self-Esteem in Young Children (Lucky Duck Books) by Margaret Collins
Theories of learning
FSTC hand outs
Useful web links
Books
How Children Learn: from Montessori to Vygotsky by Linda Pound
How Children Learn 3: Contemporary Thinking & Theorists by Linda Pound
Theories of Childhood: An Introduction to Dewey, Montessori, Erikson, Piaget & Vygotsky by Carol Garhart Mooney
Behaviour, learning & brain development (communities of learning and being)
FSTC hand out
Useful web links
Books
Choice Theory by William Glasser, M.D.
The Science of Parenting – how todays brain research can help raise happy, emotionally balanced children by Margot Sunderland
Accelerated learning in the classroom by Alistair Smith
Raising Boys - by Steve Biddulph
Why love matters - by Sue Gerhardt
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