Forest Fables
Forest Fables, adapted from Forest Therapy pedagogy for primary students, is a fun imaginative story-based educational resource that infuses: emotional self-care skills, character education, cross curricular connections, extension activities, new forest science, teacher notes, and immersive sensory experiences in nature.
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Wellness Workshop for Teacher Candidates: Cultivate Calmness in Your New Teaching Practice
Saturday October 26, 2024 from 1:00 to 4:00pm, at Downsview Park, Toronto
Workshop Objectives
1. Allow teachers to personally experience the stress-reducing benefits of Forest Therapy that can be used to build a sense of calm and resilience in their role as a new teacher.
2. Use Forest Fables to showcase how to infuse elements of Forest Therapy into their teaching practice, as a practical tool for student emotional self-regulation and well-being through a sensory connection to nature.
3. Inspire teachers to bring their lessons outside while meeting their curriculum and assessment goals, through a collaborative Outdoor Learning application activity.
This 3 hour experiential workshop is $45. For more details and registration, email: contact@forestfloor.live with your name, Faculty of Education and preferred contact info.
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Forest Fables educational resource sold separately, see below.
Forest Fables Resource: combination digital &
printed package
$45 plus shipping fees.
Package includes the following:
- Five colourful fable cards printed on sturdy cardstock with pictures on one side and fables, highlighted sense, moral, and forest therapy invitation(s) on the other side
- Printed guide: ‘How to use this Resource’
- Colourful customized portfolio for printed resources
- Downloadable zip file contains: Teacher notes and curriculum-linked extension activities for each fable, “Tuning into your Senses’ script (fable 1 invitation), Assessment tools for K to grade 3, and the resource ‘References & Credits’.
- Additional copies of printed fable cards available for $15 each (per package of 5 cards.)
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