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ASILO nel
BOSCO
Highlights
:
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
and last but not least….
Positive impact and fallout on
“teacher burn-out” (data not
available as yet though)
Asilo nel Bosco...
In a nutshell (numbers and facts):
Giordana, Paolo and Danilo are the cofounders
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)