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Ep 210: 👥🧠Groups have memories, but communities have history. 🌲📚

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This week, Lewis is solo in the woods reflecting on a big question: what makes a Forest School site feel alive with history? 🌿
He explores the difference between groups that share memories and communities that carry history, drawing on stories, objects, rituals, and routines from nearly a decade of outdoor learning.

This episode is packed with practical reflections for Forest School leaders:

  • How to foster a living sense of community through storytelling

  • The power of leaving evidence of past play

  • Why your site doesn’t need to be “tidy” to be effective

  • How to embrace rituals that evolve, rather than enforce

  • What it means to co-create history with children

Whether you're building a new site or decades into your Forest School journey, this episode offers ideas to deepen your space’s soul. 🪵✨

🌟 Sponsored by TENTSILE & Chris Holland

🌲 TENTSILE – Hammock tents that transform your Forest School site into an unforgettable adventure. Durable, practical, and perfect for the outdoors. Use code ForestChildren10 for 10% off at www.tentsile.com.

🍃 Chris Holland – Enhance your nature knowledge with Chris Holland’s 54-page Plant Guide—a treasure trove for Forest School educators. Use code FORESTPOD for 15% off at our affiliate link: https://chrisholland.myshopify.com/?ref=ForestSchoolPodcast

00:00 – Wonky intros & mic experiments 🎤
02:00 – Rocking chairs, baby names & volunteer honouring
04:00 – School sites vs embedded Forest School sites
08:00 – The difference between group memories and community history
12:30 – Inheriting play, space markers, and unsaid rituals
18:00 – Nest building as evolving ritual 🌸
23:00 – What counts as ‘true’ history in a play space?
26:00 – Peer storytelling, deer legends & golden apples 🦌
30:00 – Objects as story prompts: woodworking tables, tree carvings
34:00 – Funerals for swings & retiring equipment
37:00 – History as inclusion: offering belonging through time
41:00 – The safety of being one story among many
43:00 – Co-creating history, not enforcing it

  • TENTSILE Hammock Tents – Use code ForestChildren10

  • Chris Holland’s Plant Guide – Use code FORESTPOD

  • Ben Edge episode on rituals (search “rituals” in our back catalogue)

💬 Share your thoughts on social media or email [email protected]
🗣️ Send us a voice note via Instagram or Facebook!

Find us everywhere:
🎙️ Spotify: shorturl.at/4WdyI
📺 YouTube: shorturl.at/3qOUs
📻 Apple Podcasts: shorturl.at/FxfMF
💻 RSS: shorturl.at/A0kx9

#ForestSchool #OutdoorEducation #ForestSchoolPodcast #NaturePlay #GroupToCommunity #NatureConnection #CoCreatingHistory #StorytellingInTheWoods #PlayBasedLearning

Episode Chapters📚 Mentioned in This Episode🎧 Like what you heard?

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Content provided by Lewis Ames and Wem Southerden, Lewis Ames, and Wem Southerden. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Lewis Ames and Wem Southerden, Lewis Ames, and Wem Southerden or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

This week, Lewis is solo in the woods reflecting on a big question: what makes a Forest School site feel alive with history? 🌿
He explores the difference between groups that share memories and communities that carry history, drawing on stories, objects, rituals, and routines from nearly a decade of outdoor learning.

This episode is packed with practical reflections for Forest School leaders:

  • How to foster a living sense of community through storytelling

  • The power of leaving evidence of past play

  • Why your site doesn’t need to be “tidy” to be effective

  • How to embrace rituals that evolve, rather than enforce

  • What it means to co-create history with children

Whether you're building a new site or decades into your Forest School journey, this episode offers ideas to deepen your space’s soul. 🪵✨

🌟 Sponsored by TENTSILE & Chris Holland

🌲 TENTSILE – Hammock tents that transform your Forest School site into an unforgettable adventure. Durable, practical, and perfect for the outdoors. Use code ForestChildren10 for 10% off at www.tentsile.com.

🍃 Chris Holland – Enhance your nature knowledge with Chris Holland’s 54-page Plant Guide—a treasure trove for Forest School educators. Use code FORESTPOD for 15% off at our affiliate link: https://chrisholland.myshopify.com/?ref=ForestSchoolPodcast

00:00 – Wonky intros & mic experiments 🎤
02:00 – Rocking chairs, baby names & volunteer honouring
04:00 – School sites vs embedded Forest School sites
08:00 – The difference between group memories and community history
12:30 – Inheriting play, space markers, and unsaid rituals
18:00 – Nest building as evolving ritual 🌸
23:00 – What counts as ‘true’ history in a play space?
26:00 – Peer storytelling, deer legends & golden apples 🦌
30:00 – Objects as story prompts: woodworking tables, tree carvings
34:00 – Funerals for swings & retiring equipment
37:00 – History as inclusion: offering belonging through time
41:00 – The safety of being one story among many
43:00 – Co-creating history, not enforcing it

  • TENTSILE Hammock Tents – Use code ForestChildren10

  • Chris Holland’s Plant Guide – Use code FORESTPOD

  • Ben Edge episode on rituals (search “rituals” in our back catalogue)

💬 Share your thoughts on social media or email [email protected]
🗣️ Send us a voice note via Instagram or Facebook!

Find us everywhere:
🎙️ Spotify: shorturl.at/4WdyI
📺 YouTube: shorturl.at/3qOUs
📻 Apple Podcasts: shorturl.at/FxfMF
💻 RSS: shorturl.at/A0kx9

#ForestSchool #OutdoorEducation #ForestSchoolPodcast #NaturePlay #GroupToCommunity #NatureConnection #CoCreatingHistory #StorytellingInTheWoods #PlayBasedLearning

Episode Chapters📚 Mentioned in This Episode🎧 Like what you heard?

  continue reading

216 episodes

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