About Us
NATERRA
NATURE is recognized as an essential element of the learning process in most educational methods.
The Naterra project is not tied to any method, just as Forest School is much richer than just walking near the trees...
Almost all pedagogical methods, some more alternative than others, recognize the importance of Nature in the development of children. Naterra does not follow a single method because that would be the same as following only one path and that choice should be ours. In the Naterra project we integrate the best we find in each of these methods because, just like the life that happens around us, here too we offer different paths, giving the child the chance to make his or her own choice.
Nature is, without a doubt, the most beautiful bridge on this path of learning.
The flow of time, love, respect and freedom of expression are the basis for learning to happen both in the relationship with Nature, and in your individual learning experience by getting to know yourself and others.
This is what we believe!
Founder
Patrícia Santos
Leader Forest School
& Early Childhood Educator
"For me, there is no pedagogical model: there are several and almost all of them have taught me something important and it is in their combination that I feel the richness of being an educator. The Forest School and Beach School pedagogy gives us the opportunity to have this freedom, to be able to combine some pedagogical models, in a natural context and taking (conscious) risks that make us grow in every sense, preparing us for Life.”