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ASILO nel
BOSCO
Highlights
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Asilo nel Bosco Vs “Traditional” Kindergarten...
Psycological:
Children eager to start the day
Learn by themselves
Consciousness and responsibility
towards the natural
Environmental sensibility and care
Relationship with parents (both
ways)
Outdoor “decompression”
Stimulus
Social:
Cooperative and collaborative Vs
competitive and aggressive
Environmental education (recycle,
reuse, ...)
Parents aggregations and contribution
toward children education
Paradigm shift on Education
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and last but not least….
Positive impact and fallout on
“teacher burn-out” (data not
available as yet though)
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Asilo nel Bosco...
In a nutshell (numbers and facts):
Giordana, Paolo and Danilo are the cofounders
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Giordana and Paolo own a kindergarten and
primary school
Danilo has a longstanding and remarkable
experience as Educator (Steiner school,
Homeschooling, children with disabilities)
Started as pilot test of “Asilo delle arti
e della Natura” back in 2013
Moved to countryside outskirt of Rome
(Ostia) in September 2014 as “Asilo nel
Bosco”
15 Children at beginning in 2014 grown
up to 25 by the end of the scolastic year
40 Children now
5 teachers
Issues and hurdles:
In Country beureucracy
Lack/miss of regulation/bylaw
for Forest Kindergarten
Parent’s burden for school fees
(no Gov’t funding)
Local Government (Regione) is seeking
for Asilo nel Bosco founders to
contribute on Regulation drawing up
What’s next…
 Metrics and trends, facts and figures
 New settlements (by Country)
 Network enhancements and cooperation
(Federation concept)
 Cross cultural/countries experiences
and assignments
 Forest Elementary usher in Rome (Sept
2016)