Exploring Nature, Culture & Connection through the lens of Outdoor Play.
Free Forest School is a national-and-beyond organization that empowers parents and caregivers to make free play in nature a central part of childhood.
Director’s Pick: “I Worship Every Bird that I See”
“There’s no shame in not knowing the name of a bird. If it’s a redbird to you, it’s a redbird to you….[T]he birds know who they are. They don’t need you to tell them that…”
How Does a Sliding Scale Model Promote Equity?
Since our founding in 2015, we strongly ascribed to a belief that there should be no charge for access to Free Forest School. In retrospect, this played into the common confusion between what is “equal” and what is “equitable.”