History Behind Forest Schools

It was in the 1950’s that forest schools were introduced in Sweden, Denmark and then other European countries. It became embedded in Denmark as part of the preschool curriculum. Those who attended the Forest Kindergartens started to have strong social skills, a high ability to work in groups and had an increased level of self-esteem as well as an increase in self-confidence. It was in the 1990’s that Forest Schools was introduced in the UK and the growth in the region had been great. It was in 2008 that the first Forest School in Canada opened called Carp Ridge Forest School, which was located just outside of Ottawa, Ontario. Ever since then, there has been several Forest Schools opened elsewhere in Canada, which have been very successful!

This information was gathered from:

http://www.forestschoolcanada.ca/home/about-forest-school/history-of-forest-school