Introduction to Forest School Knots - Knot tying terminology and 7 tips on how to teach knots

[@ForestSchoolLou]

Hi Forest School Folk, Do you have any knot tying teaching tips for Forest School? Do share them below, I'd love to hear them!

[@sandrakenny4684]

Love the fact that you cover the basics of how to even talk about tying, particularly the snake version, brill. Would love a video on basic hitches, lashing and putting up lines for shelters as must admit I’ve looked at loads of videos online and struggle to get it let alone explain it to little people. Any tips in your wonderful style would be much appreciated Lou, you are my forest school guru, your content is brill, educational and entertaining, what more could anyone ask for.

[@ForestSchoolLou]

Gosh, thanks Sandra! 😊 Great feedback for future video ideas!

[@susieare]

The mist important lesson I took from this video was to laugh a lot :) Thank you - this was very helpful!

[@ForestSchoolLou]

Thanks for watching! Glad it was useful to you! :-)

[@danielajamois8922]

Thanks Lou. Your videos are such wonderful refreshers for me. I pay such close attention to how you speak, the words you choose. Every educator of any sort will benefit hugely from your open, non-judgmental style. It is hard to keep completely true to the Forest School ethos when working in a mainstream school but my aim is for the ethos to permeate the whole school eventually. Thanks again for sharing so much useful content and making it so accessible.

[@ForestSchoolLou]

Thanks for watching Daniela, so glad you've found the videos useful. Wishing you many wild adventures!

[@tanguerochas]

I've never heard the standing end called the bitter end! Technically, the bitter end is the end with a metal "bit" in it. Often, this is mistakenly used to designate the working end. Very good on distinguishing turn and round turn.

[@ForestSchoolLou]

That's interesting, I've never heard that before. In British nautical terms I believe that the Bitter End refers to the end of the anchor rope/chain attached to the ship and tied round the 'Bitts' (posts to tie off on), apparently they used to tie a rag around a certain point towards the end of the rope so when the anchor has run out they knew when they were getting to the 'Bitter end'.

[@lorrainelockyer2736]

Great video and tips :) thank you :)

[@ForestSchoolLou]

Thanks Lorraine! Glad it was helpful!

[@lynseyhammett1441]

Fabulous videos! Do you have a Facebook page too?

[@ForestSchoolLou]

Thanks Lynsey, glad you've enjoyed the vid's. We don't have a Facebook page at the moment, we are just starting out and experimenting a bit with the channel. Happy times in the woods! 🌳🍄🌱