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Welcome to Raising Wildlings, a podcast about parenting, alternative education and stepping into the wilderness, however that looks, with your family. Each week, we’ll be interviewing experts that truly inspire us, to answer your parenting and education questions. We’ll also be sharing stories from some incredible families that took the leap, and are taking the road less travelled. Whether you’re a parent looking for tips on how to better handle those sibling squabbles and tantrums, a couple searching for ways to create more freedom within your family’s lifestyle, an educator keen to explore alternative schooling models and how children learn, a father keen to delve into respectful parenting philosophies, or a mother wanting to learn more about why play is so important and how to get children outdoors safely, then this is the podcast for you. Each week you’ll get tried and tested tactics from parenting, play and education experts to help you on your journey towards creating the happiest, healthiest lifestyle you can for your family. We’ll also chat to real life families who have created freedom within their lives and are living life on their own terms. They’ll teach you how they did it and how you can too. And of course, you’ll hear from us about all things nature play and alternative education. We’ll answer all your questions on how children learn, the importance of play in all its forms, children’s rights and autonomy, and how to get your children outside safely, more often. This podcast hopes to empower parents and educators to raise kinder, more resilient, more adaptable children by helping them maintain happy connections and healthy lifestyles. So, what are you waiting for?! Let’s dive in! Hit subscribe now to be notified when new episodes go live. To download our free Respectful Language Printable Cheat Sheet, head to: www.wildlingsforestschool.com/shop/respectful-language

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Nicki's Wildlings Talk Unschooling Apr 25, 2022

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In this episode, Nicki’s children are talking about homeschooling and unschooling and their next big adventure. We get to hear the perspectives of our young Wildlings living the philosophy.

👉 Ra and Sol Share

How they would describe what unschooling and homeschooling is
What they love about unschooling
Their favourite parts of their weeks being unschooled
Why they keep coming back to Forest School when they don’t have to
The activities that they participate in so they don’t feel like they are missing out on any school experiences
Why they don’t think school would be a great fit for them
Their favourite adventure day activities and where they love to go
Other homeschooling activities and programs that they are interested in and participating in this term
Their perspective on the socialisation myth of homeschooling
What they do with their free time
The best parts of this philosophy
The worst parts - spoiler alert - super cute
What they are looking forward to on their next big adventure

👉 Links and Resources

Mini Intro to Homeschooling Webinar

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Master7 Sol is Nicki’s youngest child who loves to play soccer, mountain bike, surf, play with lego and hang out with his family and friends.

Master9 Ra is Nicki’s eldest who loves mountain biking, reading, climbing trees, playing soccer and playing with his friends and family.

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Welcome back to Raising Wildlings — where we explore raising brave, resilient, curious kids who feel at home outdoors.

If you're an educator ready to bring more nature play and child-led learning into your Early Years program, our Bush Kindy Professional Development Workshops are for you. You'll walk away with practical tools, risk-benefit strategies, and the confidence to take learning outside in a way that's safe, meaningful, and genuinely exciting for

You know this podcast is just a small part of what we do at Wildlings Forest School. So if you want to find out more about our range of programs for children, our professional development workshops for educators, our free downloadables, blogs or our online store, just head to wildlingsforestschool.com. It's all there waiting for you. Come and join the village.

Free 2 Learn with Amalia Smith Apr 19, 2022

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In this episode, we are chatting with our dear friend, homeschooling mum and organiser of the Sunshine Coast branch of a homeschool co-op called Free 2 Learn. We are chatting to her about why she started the branch, what we do at the co-op, benefits of being in a co-op and tips and tricks for those wanting to start their own! We can’t wait for you to hear Amalia Smith.

👉 Amalia shares

Her homeschooling journey and how she got out of the system
How she would describe her homeschooling experience
About ‘Lifeschooling’
What made her choose Free2Learn
What makes Free2Learn different
A day in the life at Free2Learn
Why multi age groups are so important
The activities that may take place in the co-op
Why she decided to bring it to the coast
How homeschool co-ops are different from school
The benefits of a homeschool co-op

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Free to Learn Website
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Book Recommendations:

The White Book by Ramtha
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Love, Learn, Life by Czilla Alberts
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Check out our Homeschool Resources

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Amalia Smith is a dear friend and former teacher. She now works as a University sessional tutor in the education field and is also a past-age clearing and healing practitioner.

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Welcome back to Raising Wildlings — where we explore raising brave, resilient, curious kids who feel at home outdoors.

If you're an educator ready to bring more nature play and child-led learning into your Early Years program, our Bush Kindy Professional Development Workshops are for you. You'll walk away with practical tools, risk-benefit strategies, and the confidence to take learning outside in a way that's safe, meaningful, and genuinely exciting for

You know this podcast is just a small part of what we do at Wildlings Forest School. So if you want to find out more about our range of programs for children, our professional development workshops for educators, our free downloadables, blogs or our online store, just head to wildlingsforestschool.com. It's all there waiting for you. Come and join the village.

Adventure Day 101 with Nicki and Vicci Mar 28, 2022

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In this episode, we’re talking about how and why we try and do adventure days with our children as part of our Unschooling and Wildschooling journeys.

👉 Nicki and Vicci Share

What an adventure day looks like
Why it is important to commit to an adventure day
What their children learn on adventure days
The benefits of adventure days
Why it helps to dedicate days for adventure
Their fave Sunshine Coast adventure day locations
What they bring along to the adventure
Packing and gear recommendations
How to stock your car kit
How it looks with younger children
Why it is important to be gentle with themselves when they miss weeks!

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Check out our newly stocked online shop filled with our favourite mum-approved nature play resources!

Taking the leap to homeschool? Get support on your journey here!
Book recommendations:
Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
By Tyson Yunkaporta
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
By Brené Brown
The Infinite Game
By Simon Sinek
Take Risks
By John Marsden
Know Your Why
By Ken Costa

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Vicci Oliver and Nicki Farrell are adventurous nature play makers, risk-takers, children’s rights advocates and the co-founders of Wildlings Forest School. We are the hosts of the ‘Raising Wildlings’ podcast and we put the dirt back in childhood.

During any Wildlings Forest School program, you are likely to find Wildlings up trees, sliding down mud slides, whittling with pocket knives, lighting fires and building rafts. We let kids, be kids - because children can’t learn to protect nature if they’ve never had a childhood in it.

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Welcome back to Raising Wildlings — where we explore raising brave, resilient, curious kids who feel at home outdoors.

If you're an educator ready to bring more nature play and child-led learning into your Early Years program, our Bush Kindy Professional Development Workshops are for you. You'll walk away with practical tools, risk-benefit strategies, and the confidence to take learning outside in a way that's safe, meaningful, and genuinely exciting for

You know this podcast is just a small part of what we do at Wildlings Forest School. So if you want to find out more about our range of programs for children, our professional development workshops for educators, our free downloadables, blogs or our online store, just head to wildlingsforestschool.com. It's all there waiting for you. Come and join the village.

The First Years with Leah Tibbits Mar 21, 2022

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We love a child advocate here at Wildlings and on today's episode, I’m chatting with early years childhood advocate Leah from Leah and the first years.

👉 Leah Shares

About Leah and The First Years
About the brain and brain development in the early years
Why the relationship between teachers and the children and their family is so crucial to building a sense of belonging
How exploration is the key is learning and empowerment
That independent play is often the goal and what our expectations should be around this
About schemas and how understanding them helps you to remain connected with your child
Why free play and connection to nature through a bi-cultural lens in Te Whāriki is so important
What 3- 7 year olds need to learn
Tips for parents when they are looking for an early childhood centre

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Her website is coming soon!
Leahandthefirstyears.com
Connect with Leah on Socials
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Book Reccs
The Sacred Urge to Play by Pennie Brownlee and Kimberley Crisp

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Check out our online shop!
Book in for an adventure with us!

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Leah is a passionate qualified early childhood teacher/kaiako from New Zealand advocating for the first years of life. She has built a community for parents and teachers to go to where they will leave feeling inspired and empowered. She is all about using the developing brain and current research to promote the importance of play and attachment.

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Welcome back to Raising Wildlings — where we explore raising brave, resilient, curious kids who feel at home outdoors.

If you're an educator ready to bring more nature play and child-led learning into your Early Years program, our Bush Kindy Professional Development Workshops are for you. You'll walk away with practical tools, risk-benefit strategies, and the confidence to take learning outside in a way that's safe, meaningful, and genuinely exciting for

You know this podcast is just a small part of what we do at Wildlings Forest School. So if you want to find out more about our range of programs for children, our professional development workshops for educators, our free downloadables, blogs or our online store, just head to wildlingsforestschool.com. It's all there waiting for you. Come and join the village.

How to Nurture your Little Earthling with Pennie Brownlee Mar 14, 2022

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In this episode, we’re talking with Pennie Brownlee, from Dance with Me in the Heart about heavy world content in the context of children’s perspective, a child’s true nature and how the classroom is stifling, the beauty of bare feet and the three most important bonds in a child’s life.

👉 Pennie Shares

How to help shield children from the news
Why developmentally appropriate content is so important for children
The meaning behind Dance with Me in the Heart
That children are earthlings and therefore expect to play outdoors
Why classrooms hold children captive
Why being barefoot is so important for children (and all humans)
About our culture of dynamic domination vs dynamic partnership
Of the three most important bonds in a child’s life: Womb, Mother, Mother Earth.

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Connect with Pennie:
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Find Pennie's books here!
Book Recs-
Odd Bird Out by Helga Bansch
The Little Stowaway by Vicki Bennett

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When I grow up, I want to be just like Pennie. Mother, grandmother, photographer, artist, teacher, facilitator, author, book publisher, advocate for parents, and a big kid at heart. She is a fierce, and to use a Kiwi term, staunch advocate for children and has for a long time been one of my inspirations as an educator from whom I have learnt so much over the past decade.

Pennie I got stuck straight into our conversation and I didn’t want to miss a second so hit record without doing an official intro. So you’ll hear us jump straight into conversation. It felt like I was sitting in Pennie’s living room today and we were just trying to solve all the world’s problems. I hope you enjoy our conversation today as much as I did.

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If you enjoyed this episode and the Raising Wildlings podcast generally, we have a favour. Please take two minutes to subscribe, and to write a rating and a review. You can do that on Apple Podcasts right now by clicking here. If you are an Android user, you can follow the podcast on Spotify here and Google Podcasts here. Those actions will help the podcast reach more people, and we would be truly grateful. Thank you so much!

Welcome back to Raising Wildlings — where we explore raising brave, resilient, curious kids who feel at home outdoors.

If you're an educator ready to bring more nature play and child-led learning into your Early Years program, our Bush Kindy Professional Development Workshops are for you. You'll walk away with practical tools, risk-benefit strategies, and the confidence to take learning outside in a way that's safe, meaningful, and genuinely exciting for

You know this podcast is just a small part of what we do at Wildlings Forest School. So if you want to find out more about our range of programs for children, our professional development workshops for educators, our free downloadables, blogs or our online store, just head to wildlingsforestschool.com. It's all there waiting for you. Come and join the village.

Should we be calling it " Free Nature Play?" with Angus Gorrie Mar 07, 2022

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In this episode, we’re chatting to the passionate Angus Gorrie, from The Outsiders: Play Advocates all about the evolutionary perspective of loose parts and the problematic nature of titling it "risky” and/or “nature play.”

👉 Angus Shares

How the floods have affected the camp
The story of Outsiders
The qualities he has seen develop in the children at Camp Hill
How he would describe what Camp Hill looks like to an outsider
The problem with social media values in depicting children's play
An evolutionary perspective on loose parts in the framework of free play
The importance of time in facilitating change in educator's perspectives
Insight into the documented decline in Free Play for children
The fundamental holistic importance of play
How lived experience connects to learning
How the minimisation of play spaces has impacted children
Why we shouldn't call it nature play and risky play
Favourite loose parts memories from Camp Hill

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Learn more about our Wild Business Course
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Book Recs:
Evolutional Perspectives of Play – Bob Hughes
Memoirs of a Uneducated Woman – Lady Margorie Allan
Adventure Playgrounds – Jack Lambert

👉 Guest Details

As a playworker and play advocate, Angus Gorrie is passionate about providing authentic play opportunities for children, wherever they may be, and pushing back against increased play deprivation and play bias. Angus has qualifications in Behavioural and Social Sciences, and Playwork. Angus and the team at the Outsiders spend their days championing authentic free play experiences for children in a large Adventure Playground at Camp Hill OSHC, here in South East QLD, a service known for its cutting edge application of genuine free play and playwork principles into the daily practice. By appointment, The Outsiders offer information and practical stories that delve deeper into the realms of play, play theory and the many developmental benefits that surround it. Our team provides real-life stories married with theory to inspire more play journeys.

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If you enjoyed this episode and the Raising Wildlings podcast generally, we have a favour. Please take two minutes to subscribe, and to write a rating and a review. You can do that on Apple Podcasts right now by clicking here. If you are an Android user, you can follow the podcast on Spotify here and Google Podcasts here. Those actions will help the podcast reach more people, and we would be truly grateful. Thank you so much!

Welcome back to Raising Wildlings — where we explore raising brave, resilient, curious kids who feel at home outdoors.

If you're an educator ready to bring more nature play and child-led learning into your Early Years program, our Bush Kindy Professional Development Workshops are for you. You'll walk away with practical tools, risk-benefit strategies, and the confidence to take learning outside in a way that's safe, meaningful, and genuinely exciting for

You know this podcast is just a small part of what we do at Wildlings Forest School. So if you want to find out more about our range of programs for children, our professional development workshops for educators, our free downloadables, blogs or our online store, just head to wildlingsforestschool.com. It's all there waiting for you. Come and join the village.

'EcoHappiness' and Why You NEED to Hug a Tree with Sandi Schwartz Feb 28, 2022

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If you are listening to this podcast, my assumption is that you have a love of nature. In this episode, I chat to Sandi Schwartz, author of Finding Ecohappiness, all about the healing power of mother nature and the ways in which we can develop a nature habit for our families.

👉 Sandi Shares:

About her journey and how she got started in this niche
About the Ecohappiness Project
How she communicates environmental science to empower people
Why nature is so healing
What a nature habit is and how to incorporate that in your families
How to challenge ‘nature’ families to take it to the next level
About ' Tree-Hugging' and 'Cow-Cuddling'
Unique nature activities
The connection between mental health and nature
How to encourage people to protect the planet

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Connect with Sandi
Website
LinkedIn
Facebook
Instagram
Pintrest

Book Sandi for Guest Speaking
Buy 'Finding EcoHappiness'
Buy Sky's Search for Ecohappiness
Free Nature Habit Quiz

Book Recs:
The 4 Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
Richard Louv's Collection

Please consider supporting us on Patreon!

👉 Guest Details

Sandi Schwartz is the founder and director of the Ecohappiness Project and author of the parenting book Finding Ecohappiness: Fun Nature Activities to Help Your Kids Feel Happier and Calmer. She is also the co-author of the children’s book Sky’s Search for Ecohappiness, and a journalist specializing in parenting, environmental, and wellness topics. Her mission is to inspire and educate families to build a nature habit to feel happier and calmer.

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If you enjoyed this episode and the Raising Wildlings podcast generally, we have a favour. Please take two minutes to subscribe, and to write a rating and a review. You can do that on Apple Podcasts right now by clicking here. If you are an Android user, you can follow the podcast on Spotify here and Google Podcasts here. Those actions will help the podcast reach more people, and we would be truly grateful. Thank you so much.

Welcome back to Raising Wildlings — where we explore raising brave, resilient, curious kids who feel at home outdoors.

If you're an educator ready to bring more nature play and child-led learning into your Early Years program, our Bush Kindy Professional Development Workshops are for you. You'll walk away with practical tools, risk-benefit strategies, and the confidence to take learning outside in a way that's safe, meaningful, and genuinely exciting for

You know this podcast is just a small part of what we do at Wildlings Forest School. So if you want to find out more about our range of programs for children, our professional development workshops for educators, our free downloadables, blogs or our online store, just head to wildlingsforestschool.com. It's all there waiting for you. Come and join the village.

Open to the Flow of Reimagined Education with Peter Phillips Feb 21, 2022

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It is unsurprising that the COVID 19 Pandemic has been the catalyst for change in education. Today I’ll introduce you to another educational changemaker, Peter Phillips, who has taken a vision shared by his co-founders and started a learning revolution in Bali, Indonesia – Open Flow Learning Centre.

👉 Peter Shares

His journey that led to starting a progressive educational facility overseas
How teaching in Bali differs to Australia
About Open Flow
How the community and Open Flow communicate and coexist
His vision of the future for this education model
How a model like Open Flow might look in Australia
The 7 cycle structure of learning
How Bali has come together in the wake of the pandemic

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Connect with Peter and Open Flow
Website
LinkedIn
Instagram @openflowbali
Open Flow on YouTube

Check out Peter’s self produced short films
'Relentless Flow'
'Educated'

UNITED NATIONS SDG Podcast Interview

www.consciousplanet.org
Book Rec:
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach

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Peter Phillips is on a joint venture to reimagine education as the co-founder of a niche international learning centre in Bali Indonesia. Open Flow Learning Centre co-curates education for children and adults, celebrating curiosity on a planet filled with wonder and awe, a philosophy that is deeply rooted in place-based approach to learning, drawing on many different educational approaches and centering self-directed learning for children.

Peter feels fortunate to lead others into possibility through opportunity. With experience across various forms of education and within collectives of deep thinkers and dynamically creative people, he shares with others in a manner that moves beyond societal norms, based in the truth of our ability to respond and how we have the individual and collective capacities to become better beings.

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👉 Nicki & Vicci's Homeschooling Webinar Series

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If you enjoyed this episode and the Raising Wildlings podcast generally, we have a favour. Please take two minutes to subscribe, and to write a rating and a review. You can do that on Apple Podcasts right now by clicking here. If you are an Android user, you can follow the podcast on Spotify here and Google Podcasts here. Those actions will help the podcast reach more people, and we would be truly grateful. Thank you so much.

Welcome back to Raising Wildlings — where we explore raising brave, resilient, curious kids who feel at home outdoors.

If you're an educator ready to bring more nature play and child-led learning into your Early Years program, our Bush Kindy Professional Development Workshops are for you. You'll walk away with practical tools, risk-benefit strategies, and the confidence to take learning outside in a way that's safe, meaningful, and genuinely exciting for

You know this podcast is just a small part of what we do at Wildlings Forest School. So if you want to find out more about our range of programs for children, our professional development workshops for educators, our free downloadables, blogs or our online store, just head to wildlingsforestschool.com. It's all there waiting for you. Come and join the village.

Conscious Education for your Child with Gill Howarth Feb 14, 2022

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In this episode we are talking to Gill Howarth from Born Wise, who ultimately aims to inspire families to revolutionise education from their own backyards and embrace conscious education!

👉 Gill Shares

About Born Wise and The Conscious Education Movement
How to see education as learning beyond the boundaries of 'school'
How to communicate this movement to those who might have a more constructed view
What children are learning about the world in their education
How we can take some of the pressure off school
About wellbeing in connection to learning
What education might look like in the future
Some light on the larger education system
About storytelling in connection to nature based education
How we can unlearn as adults
About Lightweavers

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Hear more from Gill:
Podcast on the role of storytelling
Podcast on Homeschooling
Podcast on Natural Learning
Book Recs-
IQ EQ DQ by Dr. Yuhyun Park

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Gill Howarth is an Early Childhood teacher, Educational Changemaker, Storyteller and Mother to 3 bright, beautiful and wild boys. Having worked in alternative, Reggio-inspired and nature-based schools in Perth Australia, Gill began to explore ways to practice Conscious Education - an approach to learning that requires getting curious with what we are doing in our educational settings - and always asking WHY. Gill created Born Wise in 2017 as a grassroots education space, a place to explore learning beyond the classroom. Since then Born Wise has grown to offer classes, courses and consults to people of all ages and ultimately aims to inspire families to revolutionise education from their own backyards.

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Welcome back to Raising Wildlings — where we explore raising brave, resilient, curious kids who feel at home outdoors.

If you're an educator ready to bring more nature play and child-led learning into your Early Years program, our Bush Kindy Professional Development Workshops are for you. You'll walk away with practical tools, risk-benefit strategies, and the confidence to take learning outside in a way that's safe, meaningful, and genuinely exciting for

You know this podcast is just a small part of what we do at Wildlings Forest School. So if you want to find out more about our range of programs for children, our professional development workshops for educators, our free downloadables, blogs or our online store, just head to wildlingsforestschool.com. It's all there waiting for you. Come and join the village.

It Takes a Village and a Mentor with Britt Laidlaw from Wild Song Feb 07, 2022

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Imagine a place that recognises children’s need for personal autonomy and emotional safety so that children are re-empowered in the learning process and learn to trust their wild instincts. Well, such a place exists and today I chat with the founder of Wild Song, Britt Laidlaw about the business and Importance of mentoring in our culture & bringing back the village model.

👉 Britt shares

How she discovered her niche passion
About her business and what she offers
Why the village model is so important
About coyote-style mentoring and rapport based relating to unearth our child's genius
Why stories and storytelling matters
What makes Wild Song special
About what she struggled with when she was starting her business
The best part about owning a nature play business

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Connect with Wild Song:
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Other podcasts featuring Britt:
Merging Academia, Wild Sovereignty & Somatic Dance with Brittany Jane
The custodianship of Dancing up Country with Brittany Jane Laidlaw

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Book Recs:
Cathedral of the Wild by Boyd Varty
Dr. Martin Shaw-
Courting the Wild Twin
Looking to the Wild in the Time of the Spyglass

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Brittany has dedicated her life to helping people around the world transform their lives and local ecologies by reconnecting to the natural world and the wild parts of themselves. She is a rewilding mentor, somatic ecologist, and accredited Wayapa practitioner with over 10 years of experience leading programs.
Britt is the Co-Founder of Wildsong, a social enterprise that offers nature-based programs for kids, adults, and families that serve as a catalyst for holistic wellbeing and cultural transformation. Alongside her business, she is also completing a pioneering PhD in eco-somatics that explores the practice and paradigm of dance and other embodied nature connection experiences as an ecological necessity.

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Welcome back to Raising Wildlings — where we explore raising brave, resilient, curious kids who feel at home outdoors.

If you're an educator ready to bring more nature play and child-led learning into your Early Years program, our Bush Kindy Professional Development Workshops are for you. You'll walk away with practical tools, risk-benefit strategies, and the confidence to take learning outside in a way that's safe, meaningful, and genuinely exciting for

You know this podcast is just a small part of what we do at Wildlings Forest School. So if you want to find out more about our range of programs for children, our professional development workshops for educators, our free downloadables, blogs or our online store, just head to wildlingsforestschool.com. It's all there waiting for you. Come and join the village.

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