Author
Özge Ilgaz
Founder and head of school · Yaban Nature School
She worked as a preschool teacher for sixteen years; the idea of Yaban was born while watching children look out of the classroom window. She spent a term each observing forest kindergartens in Denmark and Germany. She founded Yaban in İncek in 2019.
- Education and certificates
- BA in Preschool Education
- Forest pedagogy observation programme (two terms)
- Paediatric first aid instructor certificate
- Favourite path
- Autumn; the path under the oak
- How are the articles prepared?
- Articles draw on our observations in the forest and on current guidance from sources such as the World Health Organization and the Ministry of National Education; sources are linked in the text. For medical questions, please talk to your child's doctor.
