1.1 Explain The Importance Of Holistic Development

Within the setting holistic development can be achieved through forest school in order for practitioners to achieve a holistic development it is vital they provide the children with the opportunity to experience and environment that is open and free where the children’s natural intelligence gets developed. Practitioners should provide an encourage the children’s natural curiosity in how the environment works and provide them the opportunity to ask questions about the environment.
A way practitioners can do this is by setting up activities where the children make bracelets using the natural materials and other materials provided such as straws, cello tape and scissors then allowing the children to separate themselves into groups where they

can work on making dens. This is where practitioners can use SPICES ( Social, Physical, Intellectual, Communications, Emotions and spiritual) Social can be reached by the children supporting others, sharing and taking turns using the different tools the practitioners provide. Physical by having the children moving around the environment using the different materials they find within the environment and using their fine and gross motor skills, Intellectual by designing and building the structures and using their problem solving and decision making skills in what materials they will use and how they will use them. Communication can be achieved by the children talking to each other when working within the groups to build their dens and by listening to other peoples opinions, Emotional development can be achieved by allowing children the creative freedom to express their ideas and views with other children and the spiritual development can be achieved by allowing the children to explore their natural environment in different types of weather and using different types of equipment.