Blacksmithing is here 🔥🔨 A proper hands on Forest school skill that builds confidence, focus and resilience as children learn to shape metal using heat, tools and teamwork. It’s incredible for coordination, creativity and problem solving too (because metal doesn’t always do as it’s told!) This is a real craft, real pride, real learning and is such a cool experience to try in the woods 🔥 We’ll be back for Spring sessions very soon, keep your eyes peeled for the details 🍃 | Within The Wood

One of today’s homeschool lessons: blacksmithing. Alan has just started recently striking some light top tools for me- in this case a decorative dot punch that doesn’t take much of a hit to make it’s mark- and he is a natural. We both really enjoy working together, and I am going to foster his enthusiasm as much as I can without being pushy. Alan has been taking more and more interest in all kinds of hands-on work lately, and it continues to shock me how naturally using tools seems to come to hi