The Forest School Way
By Rossie Ansolabehere
There’s something sacred about the way a child steps into the woods.
Shoes off. Eyes wide. Questions forming before answers even exist.
This is the beginning of learning. Not at a desk, but at the roots.
The Forest School philosophy has always resonated with us at Outsiders, not because it’s trendy, but because it’s true.
Children were made to move. To climb. To ask. To explore.
They were made to be, not in artificial rows and systems, but in real places where the wind speaks and the soil teaches.
We don’t just bring kids outside.
We let the outside be the teacher.
That means muddy boots, weathered cheeks, and knees scraped from adventures that can’t be measured by standardized tests. It means mixed-age groups where older kids slow down to mentor and younger ones rise up in courage. It means trusting that the stick becomes a sword, the leaf becomes currency, and a fallen log becomes a stage.
At Outsiders, we blend the Forest School way with deep discipleship, academic curiosity, and hands-on skill-building because we believe growth doesn’t happen in tidy boxes. It happens around the fire. On the trail. In the unexpected moments when a child is fully alive.
We don’t just educate minds.
We raise whole humans.
Curious? Inspired?
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