Five parent moves to help your learner direct their own learning

It can be frustrating to be a parent of a learner who is struggling to direct their own learning. The simple premise of The Forest School is that we can't learn for others; it's a responsibility they must claim for themselves. Many learners are still early in developing the skills they need to direct their own learning. Here are five caregiver moves we have found helpful in building these skills.

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Tyler Thigpen
Introducing three new Quests to kick off 2021!

Our middle and high schoolers will be working with the city of Fayetteville, GA, to build a plan to connect the golf cart paths between Fayetteville and Peachtree City. Our elementary learners will be working with leaders of Trilith Studios and the Town at Trilith to help design a walking bridge between the two. And our Spark learners will examine—and recreate prototypes of—the major systems of the human body.

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Tyler Thigpen