Resources

“. . . and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?” 
~ Vincent Van Gogh

Online Resources

These online resources give a wonderful introduction to forest school and environmental inquiry-based learning.

Forest and Nature School Guide
a comprehensive guide to forest and nature schools in Canada, released by Forest School Canada in June 2014 

Natural Curiosity: A Resource for Teachers
an excellent resource created by OISE at University of Toronto about environmental inquiry-based learning

Into Nature: A Guide to Teaching in Nearby Nature
another excellent resource! Created by the Back to Nature Network in Ontario, this guide takes teachers step by step out of the classrooms to engage nature 

Books

Here are some great reads that have been inspirational to us, and relate to forest and nature school:

The Sense of Wonder by Rachel Carson

The Geography of Childhood: Why Children Need Wild Places by Gary Paul Nabhan and Stephen Trimble

Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv

Your Brain on Nature by Eva M. Selhub and Alan C. Logan

The Nature Principle by Richard Louv

Free-Range Kids by Lenore Skenazy

Let Them be Eaten by Bears: A Fearless Guide to Taking Our Kids Into the Great Outdoors by Peter B. Hoffmeister

Under Pressure: Putting the Child Back in Childhood by Carl Honoré

Toxic Childhood by Sue Palmer

Kith: The Riddle of the Childscape by Jay Griffiths

The Hundred Languages of Children: The Reggio Emilia Experience in Transformation by Carolyn Edwards, Lella Gandini, and George Forman, Eds.