Physical Resilience
Running, climbing and moving across natural terrain outdoors supports balance, coordination and muscle development. Regular forest-day practice strengthens children's physical endurance and energy.
Programs · Nature-Based
Let Them Go Outside.
"In child development, nature is not just an environment — it is a teacher. As Açı Eryaman College, we embrace the Forest School approach and ensure our children spend quality outdoor time through weekly forest days and nature workshops."
Approach
What is Forest School?
Forest School is a long-term pedagogical approach in which children learn through first-hand experience in natural environments, guided by their own curiosity and interests. Born in Scandinavia in the 1950s, the model is today the most established practice of nature-based education in Europe and Türkiye.
At Açı Eryaman College, we spend one day a week in the forest with our children, supporting their physical, emotional and social development as a whole. We believe the bond children build with nature makes learning last, and we make this approach a natural part of our educational process.
"Let them go outside." — This sentence, which captures the essence of the Forest School approach, reminds us that nature is the most powerful learning environment in child development.
Development Areas
What Does Forest School Bring to a Child?
A real bond with nature nourishes four core areas of a child's development together. Learning through outdoor experience reinforces life skills as a whole, alongside classroom education.
Problem Solving and Creativity
The open-ended materials nature offers (stones, branches, leaves, water, soil) invite children to experiment, build hands-on experience and find original solutions. Creative thinking grows in place of ready-made toys.
Environmental Awareness and Love of Nature
Observing seasonal cycles, living creatures and the ecosystem first-hand builds a relationship with nature grounded in respect and love. The foundations of sustainable living habits are laid early.
Social-Emotional Skills
Cooperation within a group, taking turns, emotional balance and risk awareness are built through daily practice in nature. Children develop self-confidence, communication and resilience through real forest experience.
Member School
Forest School Member School
We Are a Member School
Açı Eryaman College holds member-school status as a provider of Forest School services. This identity indicates that the nature-based pedagogical approach is applied to defined standards, that our teaching staff is trained in this field, and that children meet the outdoors within a safe framework.
Being among the select schools delivering this membership in Türkiye is the international counterpart of our commitment to nature-based education.
Member School Benefits
Forest School Services at Our School
As a licensed member of the Forest School ecosystem, Açı Eryaman College provides the following privileged services to our students, teachers and families.
Sustainable Education and Forest School Curriculum
We apply an annual Forest School and Sustainable Education curriculum integrated with the Turkish Ministry of National Education (MEB) program, building ecological awareness and social-emotional skills in our students.
Level 3 Leadership Training
All our teachers complete internationally recognised Level 3 Forest Leadership Training over five years to build outdoor leadership and risk-management competence.
Parent Academy and Parent Seminars
To support our families on child development, emotion management, nature awareness and forest pedagogy, we offer Online Parent Academy access and two indoor parent seminars per year.
In-house Teacher Training
To continually raise our educational quality, we provide our teachers with regular online Sustainable Education in-house training.
Field Inspections and Forest Area Analyses
So our students can learn safely in deep contact with nature, our forest areas are analysed every year and our educational standards are secured through twice-yearly field inspections.
Strong Brand Identity
As a licensed Forest School, we proudly carry the brand and logo of this strong educational ecosystem, recognised across Türkiye.