Marina Robb on the Outdoor Teacher

Marina Robb has more than 30 years of experience in outdoor learning and nature connection and is the founder and Managing Director of Circle of Life Rediscovery Community Interest Company and The Outdoor Teacher Ltd, both leading organisations that aim to transform education and health through nature.

Marina’s book, ‘Learning with Nature’, foreworded by Chris Packham, is considered a must-have book for Forest School & Outdoor practitioners. Her second book, ‘The Essential Guide to Forest School and Nature Pedagogy’ contains everything you need to know from theory to practice.

In this session, Marina shares clear, grounded thinking on how outdoor and forest school learning connects directly to the Early Years curriculum, and why that connection is easier to make than many practitioners assume.

In this episode you’ll:

• Discover why forest school is an approach to learning, not just an activity, and what that distinction means for your practice
• Learn how returning to the same outdoor space helps children build place attachment and a felt sense of seasonal change
• Find out how every area of the Early Years curriculum, from communication and language to maths, can be met through outdoor experiences
• Explore the concept of “backlinking”: how to observe children’s outdoor play and map it to curriculum areas afterwards, without directing their learning
• Hear practical ideas for exploring life cycles, sensory vocabulary, and natural materials in ways that spark curiosity and independent thinking

Watch the episode to discover how nature and the curriculum work together… and how to make that connection visible in your own setting.

You can find the FREE mini-course on Marina’s site by clicking here

Links: www.circleofliferediscovery.com

www.theoutdoorteacher.com

Oli: https://youtu.be/XigIpsrHjRg

Rachel Kenny: https://youtu.be/_N217lztYvk