Forest, Play and Fun – Experiencing Movement in Nature

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The forest, as a learning environment, offers many opportunities to approach movement playfully with children of various ages, without relying on traditional sports. Running, jumping, balancing are just some forms of movement that can be practiced in the forest as part of physical activity units, often without much equipment. These games and movement forms also serve to convey nature-specific knowledge in an interesting way. In addition to promoting physical activity, this raises awareness of the forest ecosystem. Within the context of this course, participants will experience and try out movement-oriented games and activities, and should prepare their own small movement unit for the second session, for which they will receive feedback from the group. By the end of the course, a small catalogue of practical ideas for integration into everyday educational practice will have been created.