Nature Playgroup - Where it All Began with Vicci Oliver

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For many of us, Playgroup is where our journeys start. For me, playgroup was my weekly anchor for the first five years in my new role as a mother and, I guess, is the reason that Wildlings Forest School and our Raising Wildlings Podcast came into being! Come with me as I share my Nature Playgroup Journey. 

👉  Vicci Shares

• Her inspiration for creating this episode
• How she got started running a playgroup
• How her nature playgroup was born
• Her experience meeting Nicki
• The behind the scenes effort in bringing her playgroup under the Wildlings business banner
• The true cost of running a playgroup and the importance of women being paid properly
• The value in a roving locations
• The different activities she provided
• The importance of giving children time and space
• What children actually need
• How highly she recommends attending playgroup

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👉  Guest Details

Vicci Oliver and Nicki Farrell are adventurous nature play makers, risk-takers, children’s rights advocates and the co-founders of Wildlings Forest School. We are the hosts of the ‘Raising Wildlings’ podcast and we put the dirt back in childhood.

During any Wildlings Forest School program, you are likely to find Wildlings up trees, sliding down mud slides, whittling with pocket knives, lighting fires and building rafts. We let kids, be kids - because children can’t learn to protect nature if they’ve never had a childhood in it.

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