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Holistic Development: SPICES (Communication (Figuring out how to build a…
Holistic Development: SPICES
Social
Self-organisation
Option to spend time by themselves if they choose
Finding their role within the group
Understanding how to work with each others capacities and limitations
Opportunities to spend time with other children
Chance to lead activities for others
Opportunities to support others
Conflict management
Understanding each other's differences
Being part of a mixed-age group
Different learning styles
Different backgrounds
Physical
Fine motor
Tool use
Knots
Crafts
Gross motor
Building dens
Climbing trees
Navigating uneven ground
Running around playing games
Swing
Adventure playground
Proprioception: understanding their body and movements in relation to the physical landscape.
Tacit learning
Intellectual
Learning about the natural environment
Trees
Green wood Vs Dead wood
Plants
Foraging
Toxicity
Medicinal uses
Fungi
Birds
Insects
Animals
Rocks
Weather
Seasonal changes
Climate breakdown
Problem-solving
Survival skills
Fire
Cooking
Safety
Lighting
Science
Building shelter
Child-led
Opportunity to explore their own interests in whatever form they choose
Opportunity to share and teach others about their own interests
Communication
Figuring out how to build a shelter together
Problem solving together
Asking for assistance from leaders and other children. Helping each other out.
Taking turns
Sharing resources
Assertiveness
Going beyond verbal communication
Linguistic Development
Emotional
Empathy
Other children and adults
Children from different backgrounds and upbringings and with different skillsets
Animals
Plants
Environment
Self-regulation
Building resilience
Social situations
Perseverance with personal projects
Learning to manage frustration
Managing expectations
Self-motivation
Developing 'Sense of Self'
Opportunities to make their own choices
Developing gut-instinct "belly voice"
Self-esteem
Spiritual
Being part of something bigger than themselves
Deep connection with the landscape
Deep connection with other people
Ritual: cooking and singing around a fire
Story-telling
Mixing with children from other religious and spiritual backgrounds.
Cultivating respect
Understanding the value of life
Mindfulness
A space where they can feel at one with themselves
Activities do not have to be rushed and can take the time they need
Spending time immersed in nature
Building their own shelter: their own special, safe place
Morals and Ethics
Encouragement to develop and express their own individual points of view and beliefs
Understanding right from wrong