A natural education, forest school – the future of education | Vicky Mateu | TEDxCanilloED

Nature-based education is about more than just 'learning outside.' Nature as the teacher. Nature is the optimal environment for health, well-being and holistic development of children and young people. The pedagogy of forest schools immerses the child in a learning environment connected into the ecosystem of which they are a vital part. The living environment of nature fosters values, attitudes and skills, such as resilience, listening, observation, autonomy, creativity, a sense of community and belonging, more completely than in any other context, thus equiping children with indispensable tools to meet the challenge and enjoyment of life in the twenty-first century. “Children need nature and Nature needs children” My proposal to the world is to remember that in order to fully develop as the living beings that we are, we must be in close and daily contact with nature. With more emphasis when we talk about the first stages of life, childhood and youth, because it is at the time when values, attitudes and skills are forged that will serve us throughout life; to be in fullness, to live in community and to fit in with our environment. The current distancing and extinction of experience in our society and childhood with nature it takes us away from valuable learning that it offers us. The first and essential teacher is Nature. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx