Raesfeld Castle

The planning and implementation of an organised nature stay with a group requires many aspects to be considered, which will be looked at intensively in this seminar. Based on different target groups and objectives, practical examples of implemented nature events of the NaturErlebnisSchule will be shown. The participants will learn what is important in planning and how short-term projects in nature can be tailored to the respective group.

In addition, the participants will deal with their own leadership behaviour and learn self-reflective methods.

At the end of the seminar, each participant should have developed his/her first concrete nature project and be able to implement it in his/her own professional or leisure context.

Balancing, swinging, climbing and jumping are basic forms of movement that particularly appeal to children because the balance system is challenged and the body must be kept under control. The subsequent feeling of happiness after the successful action also has a positive effect on the child's self-esteem and self-concept.

This training will spend a whole day on how to install and operate such movement stimuli in the forest. Safety aspects will be highlighted and it will be shown how the elements can be integrated in a pedagogical and methodical way during a forest walk with children.

From the contents:

• Installing swings and swing elements
• Balancing arrangements and courses
• Climbing aids on trees
• Building platforms and high seats
• Using rope tensioning techniques, industrial harnesses and slacklines
• Rope slides and bridge building

"Nature knows best" is the guiding principle of the National Parks in the USA. On the one hand, this sentence refers to the fact that nature itself knows best what is good for it. At the same time, however, the laws and phenomena of nature can also be interpreted as a teacher and model for many areas of human life and issues.

It is in this context that the approach of wilderness education has emerged in Germany. Originally developed from the North American approach of "Wilderness Education" by Tom Brown Jr., it is about reactivating "old knowledge" in dealing with and surviving in nature and initiating a meaningful engagement with nature.

The wilderness training of the NaturErlebnisSchule is a mixture of contents of wilderness education and links this with nature sports activities. It is derived from the most important basic conditions of an outdoor situation and therefore serves the following four vital areas: fire; shelter; food; water.

The course is an introduction to wilderness education and adventure sports. Practically and theoretically, the first basic knowledge is imparted, which can be intensified and expanded in further courses of the NaturErlebnisSchule.