Nature-Based First Week Curriculum - Rooted Self
$8$12
Five complete days of ready-to-run plans for the first week of any new forest school group. You should never have to improvise Week 1
Week 1 of a forest school year has one job: build the container before you fill it. This field guide gives you a deliberate five-day arc — boundaries, risk assessment, tool safety, and a community charter — that prepares a group for everything that follows.
Each day includes the essential question, the provocation to set up beforehand, a numbered step-by-step lesson flow, full differentiation across three age groups, a closing circle prompt, educator notes for common pitfalls, and observation tags mapped to the 10 Learning Domains.
The five days: The Perimeter Walk (boundaries & the Stop Signal), Risk & the Go/No-Go Test, Tool License Part One (the Blood Bubble), Tool License Part Two (first hands-on tool use), and The Code of the Woods (a community charter children write themselves). Print it, laminate it, carry it in the field.
What's inside:
Five complete day plans with provocations, numbered activity flow, and closing circles
Full differentiation for ages 4–6, 7–9, and 10–12 on every activity
Communication signals, pre-week safety setup, and materials checklists
Observation tags mapped to the 10 Learning Domains framework
Q&A
Q: Do I need special equipment?
A basic field kit — journals, rope, magnifiers, and the tools you plan to introduce. A full materials checklist is included in the pre-week prep section.
Q: Is this safe for young children?
Yes — the entire week is built around progressive safety: boundaries first, then risk assessment, then the Blood Bubble tool-safety protocol before any tool is ever handled.
Q: Can I adapt the rituals to my program?
Absolutely. The guide names its rituals specifically (Stop Signal, Code of the Woods) and explicitly invites you to replace them with your own language.
