The Danish School Where Children Play With Knives

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
  • Kids Gone Wild: looking at life in kindergarten… Danish-style
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    Children are running wild in the mud, climbing high into trees and playing with knives, but no one is telling them off. We are looking at life in kindergarten… Danish-style.
    If you’re the kind of parent who keeps a close eye on your kids in the playground, Denmark’s forest kindergarten will come as a rude shock - they do things differently here. Johan says he’s watching from a distance. So what happens if he thinks the children are doing something dangerous? “I sometimes close my eyes, because I know I have to stop something, but I can also stand and watch it a little bit first because I think it’s exciting. And I can understand why they do it,” he says.
    Whether he’s throwing rocks into the fjord with a bunch of enthusiastic three year-olds, or abseiling down a muddy slope with some determined five year-olds, Johan clearly gets a vicarious buzz from their juvenile thrill-seeking. “It’s not dangerous in my opinion. And if you don’t get a little bit of danger, what’s life worth living? Everybody needs a little bit of kick sometimes.”
    At the heart of what makes Danish kindergartens so special is one word - pedagogy. In Denmark, and in many other parts of Europe, ‘pedagogy’ is an everyday word for something that’s much more holistic than ‘teaching’. It’s something that applies from cradle-to-grave - anyone in Denmark working with young children, or the mentally ill, or the elderly, requires a university degree in pedagogy.
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  • @tr3nta345
    @tr3nta345 7 лет назад +514

    "Its not seen as a weapon, its a tool" finally someone that isnt brainwashed and stupid. Respect to these people

    • @brandontran174
      @brandontran174 7 лет назад +3

      tr3nta I find it funny how they say that as the kid is making a spear.

    • @tr3nta345
      @tr3nta345 7 лет назад +17

      Brandon Tran it was too short to be a spear, and also he wasnt using the knife as the spear point but he was just sharpening a stick into a point. So in that case the knife is still used as a tool and not a weapon

    • @brandontran174
      @brandontran174 7 лет назад +1

      tr3nta Someone should make a skit about something like this. Have 2 adults having a conversation about a knife being a tool, so kids can play work with them. The kids would be in the background fletching bows and other weapons and using them at each other, while the adults are lost in conversation. Also, yes knifes are tools. I never said they were weapons, but my previous comment could be misleading depending on how it's read.

    • @humlebamsen
      @humlebamsen 7 лет назад +10

      +Brandon Tran I find it interesting that you consider a pointy stick a spear. Your comment also makes me think you consider a spear a weapon first. Why not a tool for hunting/fishing? I'm guessing that's what most spears are used for nowadays. Quick question. Did you grow-up in the city, suburbs, a small town or the sticks?

    • @emiliabeltoft1476
      @emiliabeltoft1476 7 лет назад +10

      I was in a forest kindergarten (or nature kindergarten) and we would also make these pointy sticks, not as a weapon, but because they were so easy to make

  • @grindstone4910
    @grindstone4910 8 лет назад +108

    "Yes, sometimes they hit. And it's an accident. But that's the way to learn."
    Something a lot of us have forgotten.

    • @bananawammabama
      @bananawammabama 3 года назад +1

      Well, this is also what's known as "learning the hard way", but it is probably the most impactful way to learn.

    • @dmtelves1176
      @dmtelves1176 2 года назад +1

      It’s the only way of learning

  • @dariusjordaan4725
    @dariusjordaan4725 8 лет назад +73

    They are not playing with knives, they are working with knives.

    • @BryceKimball7.3
      @BryceKimball7.3 7 лет назад +1

      Darius Jordaan if only i could use that excuse at my school.

    • @Wheatexe
      @Wheatexe 7 лет назад +1

      Darius Jordaan I'm ordering a knife and IMMA bring it to school an says its a tool not weapon ....I not kidding

  • @J4ckCr0w
    @J4ckCr0w 8 лет назад +142

    Out of the entire documentary, journalist pulled a bombastic subject, playing with knives.
    First of all they are not playing with knives at all.
    Second of all they are learning basic life skills, something missing in the world today.
    They are exposed to the nature, not to a world of electricity.
    They learn to depend of themselves and each other.
    How could anyone not commend this, should they play with tablets to learn this.

    • @Intigo
      @Intigo 8 лет назад +8

      +J4ckCr0w It's just a title to bring in views. The entire piece is very positive.

    • @toesly
      @toesly 8 лет назад +6

      +J4ckCr0w Its called a hook. Its how you draw in viewers.

    • @justcallmeassinine
      @justcallmeassinine 8 лет назад +2

      +Xaos Legion You should look at how the Mennonite and Amish raise their kids.They seem to acknowledge that danger is just a part of God's plan. I am agnostic myself,but there is much to be admired in their ways of doing thing and they are much more flexible than most people think.It just depends on the group or church leader, they are all different.

    • @J4ckCr0w
      @J4ckCr0w 8 лет назад +1

      yumi mango Please do not involve cultists.

    • @J4ckCr0w
      @J4ckCr0w 8 лет назад

      patches I know, but it is totally unnecessary, I would look at it if it was worded as outdoor kindergarten.

  • @grindstone4910
    @grindstone4910 8 лет назад +337

    Also. I'm 30. Am I too old to attend as a student? I want to play in the woods, too!

    • @harrietw.64
      @harrietw.64 8 лет назад +3

      +Grindstone what stops you :-)?

    • @grindstone4910
      @grindstone4910 8 лет назад +16

      Harriet From doing it hours every day? Work and adult responsibilities :(

    • @Donnah1979
      @Donnah1979 8 лет назад +7

      +Grindstone - You gotta be creative: become Forest Ranger, survivalist coach, or study outdoor learning.. ;o)

    • @jacobac0733
      @jacobac0733 8 лет назад +8

      I missed out too screw normal school

    • @melleybelley1
      @melleybelley1 8 лет назад +10

      when in nature everyone is a student

  • @johnedgard861
    @johnedgard861 8 лет назад +104

    Fantastic work Denmark!

  • @TheNetsten
    @TheNetsten 8 лет назад +60

    knifes are tools. this is amazing not an ipad in sight
    yesterday i took my 2 yr old girl for walk in the wet muddy woods near the river to throw sticks in it and she loves it. and was very relaxed when we got homw

    • @JizzMasterTheZeroth
      @JizzMasterTheZeroth 8 лет назад +6

      +Jase W/ SideFX Keep doing it. You'll see the difference between her and her friends clear enough in a few years. Not being smothered or sheltered from the real world does wonders for a kid and helps them to get a healthy mindset that will benefit them throughout life... something they'll pass on to their kids, or, your grandkids.

  • @BigSenior472
    @BigSenior472 8 лет назад +26

    With 40 years of experience working with children 1st - 12th grades, special needs children most of the time I whole heartily subscribe to the outdoor kindergarten experience. Children learn more when they are moving and exploring then when they sit quietly facing forward with their hands on their desks.

    • @llothar68
      @llothar68 6 лет назад +2

      As an IT professional with 25 years indoor experience i say that adults learn more when they are moving and walking outside at least 2 hours a day.

  • @derekstynes9631
    @derekstynes9631 8 лет назад +71

    Wow I am very impressed, would have loved this as a Kid...Scandinavia is so far ahead of the World. They have very good ethics in Criminal Justice too!

    • @OverAtlas
      @OverAtlas 8 лет назад +5

      Yeah! I never released that the rest of the world didn't have that "freedom"
      I've been climbing trees since I was 3 and still do.

    • @ttttillermand
      @ttttillermand 7 лет назад

      Well, except for the fact that tax evasion has the highest penalty here, our justice system is pretty neat.

  • @sergeantcrow
    @sergeantcrow 8 лет назад +172

    Excellent essential education for the little ones... Well done Denmark. ..

    • @esotericjahanism5251
      @esotericjahanism5251 6 лет назад +13

      Sarajen Nah they're forgetting to teach them how to build long boats and then raid England!

    • @stephenroney6490
      @stephenroney6490 6 лет назад

      Maybe they should teach the Scot's that as well. The Northern half of Scotland was raided then settled by the Viking who steadily drove south until the Scot's King signed over the northern half of Scotland to the Norwegian King in 1098, recognising a fact over 200 years old. That portion of Scotland along with Norway was united with Denmark in 1282 and the Danish King Christian I sold ot back to Scotland around 1474.

    • @victorschultz2744
      @victorschultz2744 6 лет назад

      Sarajen thank you

    • @matthewmontesano9517
      @matthewmontesano9517 6 лет назад +4

      If they don’t know how to use the knives than they have a higher chance of dying from an accident you idiots

    • @victorschultz2744
      @victorschultz2744 6 лет назад

      Avanti Gaming/Sporting no only you Can do that XD

  • @VHSKisten
    @VHSKisten 8 лет назад +80

    I didn't go to a forest kindergarten, but did the exact same things in a regular danish kindergarten. aswell as in the first grades of primary school. Being trusted, and having the ability (being allowed) to learn from your own mistakes good or bad as a child, is one of the most important lessons in life imo.

    • @QP300
      @QP300 8 лет назад +6

      Exactly. I went to a normal Danish kindergarten, but we stayed in the playground in all sorts of weather. I recognize the broken bones and the scratches, but we survived it and it gave us an opportunity to explore. If something resulted in a scraping the first time, we found another way to do it the next time. Sometimes that would result in a bruise, and then we tried a third method - sometimes it worked fine, the second time and we gained a new skill.

    • @thorn5937
      @thorn5937 6 лет назад +1

      yeah i've had knives since i was 4 and yeah i cut myself but i learned and now i rarely cut myself

    • @Tigris_DK
      @Tigris_DK 6 лет назад +2

      and our parents didn't get mad and sue the kindergarten if we got hurt and take of to a new kindergarten :D

  • @OverAtlas
    @OverAtlas 8 лет назад +65

    I'm Danish, and I laughed so much. It's "only" 5 degrees. To survive being cold and wet. In my kindergarten we were almost in the Forrest everyday. And that tree wasn't even that high.
    But dat accent though!

    • @andreaspedersen894
      @andreaspedersen894 8 лет назад +4

      +Sofie Heeris Hjaltelin Enig her. kun 5 grader det er jo bare normalt temperatur

    • @Skov_
      @Skov_ 6 лет назад

      Sofie Heeris Hjaltelin im danish too and yes it was funny

  • @cerroh
    @cerroh 8 лет назад +218

    I respect Denmark so much, I hope the rest of the world catches on...

    • @OverAtlas
      @OverAtlas 8 лет назад +3

      Thank you!

    • @emilbruhn4748
      @emilbruhn4748 8 лет назад +3

      Wow thanks!

    • @Lautismo
      @Lautismo 7 лет назад +1

      cerroh tak min ven (thanks my Friend)

    • @brianbrittain84
      @brianbrittain84 6 лет назад +5

      cerroh: ABSOLUTELY! Looks like I need to find me a Danish girl b4 I have kids but Im already 33 & in the US! 😆

    • @godemperorofmankind7255
      @godemperorofmankind7255 6 лет назад +3

      God, if only I went to a Danish kindergartens when I was younger. Kids these days need to act like kids God damn it! Parents are insulating their children from the outside world!!

  • @olasarcasm
    @olasarcasm 8 лет назад +404

    anyone else notice that not ONE of these kids are obese or overweight?
    take notes, America

    • @nicolinekornum9485
      @nicolinekornum9485 8 лет назад +3

      +fartingsquid 119 no not fuck us we actually have a good lifestyle

    • @frankyalvarez7160
      @frankyalvarez7160 7 лет назад +13

      I'm no we don't and I'm an American. It pains me to say but most of the kids here are either twigs or elephants.

    • @sylvesterotte9740
      @sylvesterotte9740 7 лет назад +9

      Ola Sarcasm Im Danish, and eat really really healthy

    • @sylvesterotte9740
      @sylvesterotte9740 7 лет назад +2

      Nicoline Kornum Ja, det har vi

    • @Lautismo
      @Lautismo 7 лет назад +1

      sylvester otte hej min dansk brother from another mother

  • @sebi9248
    @sebi9248 8 лет назад +71

    and people wonder why denmark is announced the happiest country in the world...pfft

    • @antonhelsgaun
      @antonhelsgaun 6 лет назад +2

      sebastian lind Finland beat Them tho

    • @Skov_
      @Skov_ 6 лет назад

      Some people say its because we have a word that does not exist in other languages. The word id hyggeligt and its hard to describe in English.
      EDIT: i dont think that the word hyggelig exist in that many other languages.

  • @brianbrittain84
    @brianbrittain84 6 лет назад +17

    I ABSOLUTELY love this! Watch how SELF Reliant these kids become by NOT Living in a Bubble with Helicopter Parents! MUCH love from the USA!

    • @brianbrittain84
      @brianbrittain84 6 лет назад +1

      & Id GUARANTEE MORE than half of these kids WILL STILL be doing Outdoor activities of some sort whether its Camping or whatever it is- while growing into a young adult UNLIKE A LOT of Teenagers here in the U.S. that would rather sit inside & play video games (which there is NOTHING wrong with! IF you have a healthy balance & its NOT ALL you do!) ESPECIALLY with the Overweight issues...

  • @whitetiger432
    @whitetiger432 6 лет назад +15

    I'm 68 years old, the oldest of nine. Six brothers two sisters. This is the way we grew up and and how my wife and I raised our children. This method allows the neurons to properly connect...This gives the children the muscle memory needed to function properly as they grow...

  • @Thomasio14
    @Thomasio14 8 лет назад +112

    Honestly, this is important, now more then ever...

    • @Dasmaster1
      @Dasmaster1 8 лет назад

      ... Its not. That environment while giving unique possibilities also has severe shortcomings. More or less nothing they learn there actually prepares them for the life they are most likely going to have when growing up when their problems are not going to revolve around how to widdle a marshmallow grilling stick but paying your mortgage.

    • @Maeggoel
      @Maeggoel 8 лет назад +11

      +Das Neko You do realise they go to school after this, right? This is not our education system until they reach 18.

    • @Dasmaster1
      @Dasmaster1 8 лет назад

      Maeggoel
      I know. I am just saying that this has nothing to do with modern society which is one thing we actually HAVE to teach children/teens more about.

    • @Thomasio14
      @Thomasio14 8 лет назад +13

      ***** And what, you think kids sitting around playing video-games watching youtube and shit is better for them ? Wake up dude...

    • @Dasmaster1
      @Dasmaster1 8 лет назад

      Thomasio
      So you say you dont gain anything by playing video games or view youtube?

  • @nicholasalvarado1508
    @nicholasalvarado1508 7 лет назад +68

    Vikings in training

  • @lucca6191
    @lucca6191 8 лет назад +16

    i grew up in Denmark, and attended a forest kindergarten. And honestly until about 3 years ago, i had no idea people in other countries found that bizarre

    • @futurechild1202
      @futurechild1202 6 лет назад

      Not bizarre but unique

    • @firstnamelastnamecanada337
      @firstnamelastnamecanada337 4 года назад

      Recently my old elementary school just replaced all the grass in the kindergarten yard with plastic fake grass and the yard is smaller then my houses backyard the school has over 100 kindergartens. So ya rely different then Denmark kindergartens.

  • @lillettesam
    @lillettesam 8 лет назад +87

    That is really neat. I wish I could have attended one :D Schools should teach more real life skills, such as cooking, especially since parents suck now days.

    • @Benprotese
      @Benprotese 8 лет назад +9

      +Samantha Squarl Cooking classes are mandatory for Danish kids in middle school and they can choose to get more than the required hours if they want to.

    • @lillettesam
      @lillettesam 8 лет назад +2

      +FloppY That's good. I seen a video recently where they presented basic veggies/fruit to American elementary children and asked them to identify them. They failed horribly. No wonder Americans eat so much fast food. Schools should provide some real life skills instead of drilling random facts into thier heads that more often than not never come up in real life.

    • @harshalshinde227
      @harshalshinde227 8 лет назад

      +Samantha Squarl So, u want ur parents to cook meals for u ?

    • @lillettesam
      @lillettesam 8 лет назад

      +updown 16 What?

  • @AlastairRosie
    @AlastairRosie 6 лет назад +25

    Yeah, it all makes sense, the Danes are very relaxed and conscious of limits. Been there three times and loved the country and the people. They go to school right up until they're 19, so they're very highly educated and sophisticated, and at least bilingual if not multi-lingual. They place a lot of value on family and friends. We could learn a lot from the Danes and not just about forest kindergartens.

    • @zero_wing_
      @zero_wing_ Год назад

      Danes are literally irrelevant, has-been pacified Viking scum

  • @TheDKCover
    @TheDKCover 8 лет назад +8

    i'm from Denmark and went to one of these Kindergartens as well, absolutely loved it! The pedaogouges generally trusted the kids and I think that by showing the kids this kind of trust, the kids in return would learn and respect the rules and limitations set by the kindergarten. My mom later told me that the leader of my Kindergartens would tell parents that "you couldn't complete childhood without bruises and a broken bone". I agree to this day. You learn a lot by mistakes, but first you should be allowed to make those mistakes and succes also feels a lot better if you have experienced failure, sadly many kids don't experience that today imo.

  • @MrTynanDraper
    @MrTynanDraper 8 лет назад +23

    I'd send my son to this if we had one in Ottawa. I grew up in the countryside so I pretty much had an "outdoor" education from a young age. I'm average height and size. . but when I was young I was stronger than all the town kids. We didn't have a TV either. . so we were always outside in all weather.

  • @oliverjohnkallesoe443
    @oliverjohnkallesoe443 8 лет назад +13

    I remember when I went to kindergarten here in Denmark it was also a forest kindergarten. Where we learned how to carve with knives the right way and the save way we learned how to make all sorts of things like figures bows and arrows and also we learn about the nature and different plants and animals, what plants and leaves you can eat and how to track some animals. It's so amazing to go to a forest kindergarten

  • @Global_Havoc18
    @Global_Havoc18 7 лет назад +6

    this sounds like such an amazing way for a child to learn- they will definitely learn to appreciate nature more. I would love to send my kids to this when I get older.

  • @NotGogo
    @NotGogo 8 лет назад +23

    In my school I also 'played' with knives. If you are not allowed to ever use them you'll never learn how to be careful and how to use them for the right use

    • @nejtilsvampe
      @nejtilsvampe 8 лет назад +1

      +Arno Nym Title is misleading. This isn't a school, it's a kindergarten. These kids are 3-5 years old. But yea, your point stands, but it's kind of an important detail.

    • @justcallmeassinine
      @justcallmeassinine 8 лет назад

      +Arno Nym In the USA our children play with guns. NOT because we want them to do so. But guns are everywhere,so they bring them to school.

    • @thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527
      @thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527 4 года назад

      SantaClaws Kindergarten is a kind of school

  • @shwaaank
    @shwaaank 8 лет назад +121

    PLay with knives sounds so dramatic, learning to use a knife maybe..

    • @RapiDEraZeR
      @RapiDEraZeR 8 лет назад +7

      +kevin c It's a pretty clickbaity title and surely deserves a better one but maybe this will bring more attention.

    • @booombasa
      @booombasa 8 лет назад +6

      +kevin c not even that. these kids are probably learning how to use common tools in general, not just knifes.

    • @saf6739
      @saf6739 8 лет назад +2

      +kevin c but then it wouldn't be click-bait :-/

    • @CanwegetSubswithonlyafewvids
      @CanwegetSubswithonlyafewvids 7 лет назад

      kevin c
      Wow

    • @softcookies2024
      @softcookies2024 6 лет назад

      It's really fun! I made this sick knife back when i was eleven and it would go through wood like it was butter!

  • @sbrichcreek
    @sbrichcreek 8 лет назад +11

    If I could "like" this a million times, I would. So refreshing to see!

  • @tob.meister
    @tob.meister 8 лет назад +37

    Im Danish myself and we all do that stuff as these kids do even if it isnt a ''forrestkindergarten''

    • @Bronzescorpion
      @Bronzescorpion 8 лет назад +4

      The difference is the amount of time the kids spends outside. The forest kindergarten is almost exclusively outside, in any weather, where the traditional kindergarten is more inside in comparison.

    • @tob.meister
      @tob.meister 8 лет назад +3

      Søren Hougaard Rasmussen I min børnehave var vi også ude hele tiden men jeg bor også ude på ''Landet'' så det er vel ikke helt det samme som KBH, Aarhus og Odense

  • @fmc6338
    @fmc6338 3 года назад +7

    As a child growing up in Germany i was allowed to go where i wanted, climb what i wanted etc. When I came to America at age 11 I felt like I was put in a cage.

    • @EmilReiko
      @EmilReiko 2 года назад

      Im amused with how they treat kids as infants untill they turn 18

  • @ec8488
    @ec8488 6 лет назад +16

    Great education. Knives are tools not weapons. Proper use means everything.

  • @Thisisloco1
    @Thisisloco1 8 лет назад +9

    this is what my school was like in england. A tiny private school.
    climb trees, get dirty and explore the woods.

  • @marczello01
    @marczello01 6 лет назад +5

    I'm super impressed, finally something normal, not a computer, just nature

  • @wa8d4g8i7
    @wa8d4g8i7 8 лет назад +152

    Denmark really seems like heaven...
    Hope they don't end up like Sweden

    • @Maximan166
      @Maximan166 8 лет назад +15

      Hørt!

    • @MilieNopeNotHere
      @MilieNopeNotHere 8 лет назад +1

      What do you mean?

    • @yeahbee8237
      @yeahbee8237 8 лет назад +12

      +Reed ”J-Reeder” Tucker
      I work at a similar setup in Sweden
      the demise of Sweden in overtly excaggerated for cheap political points all the time. we are great because we do all the things you hate

    • @MilieNopeNotHere
      @MilieNopeNotHere 8 лет назад +2

      +Food For Thought there are good and bad things about living everywhere. It might be the rape Capitol, but then maybe less people are shot on the street. Less people are robbed. Idk there are other things that are better than most of the world probably. But idk I'm not Swedish.

    • @MilieNopeNotHere
      @MilieNopeNotHere 8 лет назад +3

      ***** It's quite similar in Denmark. I don't understand why you think they deserve i though? They're just saving people in need by giving them shelter. Their immigrations system just isn't the best. There's also the fact that they've accepted way to many considering their size...The thing is, here at least and I think something similar in Sweden, you don't have to work to get paid. You get support from the state if you don't have a job and it's actually a decent amount of money. You also get paid to go to school, also quite a generous amount. So when people come here, they don't always feel like they have to work because they expect to be supported by the state. They also seek out areas where other people who speaks their language live (ie ghettos. the ghettos came to be because the state placed all the immigrants in the same areas though, so it's their own fault mostly that they exist.) It's a mess but every country has it's problems. And it's not like every immigrant has bad intentions.

  • @timberwolf5883
    @timberwolf5883 7 лет назад +2

    Every school should be like this, these kids are learning more stuff out in the wild then in a classroom

  • @orEmile
    @orEmile 8 лет назад +5

    I'm from Denmark and I went to a forest kindergarden, and did all those things like played with big saws, knifes, explored and climbed the biggest trees I could find. It was fantastic, and I didn't find any trouble learning, actually I was ahead of most in my class.

  • @MufflerDindin
    @MufflerDindin 8 лет назад +11

    They are ready to invade some Saxon kindergartens! (Sorry, I just watched a Viking movie...couldn't help it)

    • @ulfdanielsen6009
      @ulfdanielsen6009 6 лет назад +3

      Don´t worry, you got it right, just don´t tell anybody, it´s a secret, we want England back, shhhhh.........

  • @diogeneslantern18
    @diogeneslantern18 6 лет назад +4

    Teaching them correctly from a young age. Fostering a respect and love of nature.

  • @willame9543
    @willame9543 8 лет назад +3

    Let kids Be kids

    • @SightForMemories
      @SightForMemories 4 года назад

      Indeed, too much sugarcoating, and they'll never grow up.

  • @jona623e
    @jona623e 8 лет назад +20

    Denmark, fuck yeah!

  • @neiltilling6745
    @neiltilling6745 3 года назад +2

    These kids will grow up super healthy both mind and body! Super ideas....

  • @louisemissouri4410
    @louisemissouri4410 8 лет назад +5

    Hats off and great job! This is how children were raised long ago and it should be reintroduced!

  • @Erik0gdetsejespil
    @Erik0gdetsejespil 8 лет назад +6

    I went to Løvspring wildlife-kindergarten (Viborg, in Denmark) and i must say that this was something I couldn't have been the same without. Now I'm a scout that loves wildlife and the other children can learn a lot from me :-) this was a nice insight on things.

  • @aweblivion1192
    @aweblivion1192 8 лет назад +14

    All the trolls retreated from the forests into the internet

  • @AlexBurgueno
    @AlexBurgueno 3 года назад +4

    Can't deny their viking roots.
    Excellent documentary!

  • @01DOGG01
    @01DOGG01 8 лет назад +57

    Good. Political correctness and nanny state bullshit is out of control.

    • @01DOGG01
      @01DOGG01 8 лет назад +3

      John Smith
      LOL bro, I don't think their kinder programs extend into uni ;)

    • @useyourusername123
      @useyourusername123 8 лет назад +6

      +01DOGG01 Naturally, our universities aren't like that. But this extends to our whole culture :) These kindergartens are spreading more and more, because a lot of us are finally starting to realize that Iphones and tablets maybe aren't the best tools for assuring a good future for your kids. I will definitely send my children to a place like this :)

    • @jenner6710
      @jenner6710 8 лет назад

      Welcome aboard mate! :D

    • @Monkeyninjaghost
      @Monkeyninjaghost 7 лет назад

      This is the nanny state.

    • @jonny5415
      @jonny5415 7 лет назад +1

      I'm 100% certain that all of the parents would be considered leftists by your standards.

  • @teganlov4638
    @teganlov4638 8 лет назад +65

    There would never be a school like this in America. The teacher would be put in prison for child endangerment.

    • @stp52x
      @stp52x 8 лет назад +1

      +Tegan Lov ...that's why you change the law before you take shit into your own hands, like any civilized and intelligent human being.

    • @griffinwebb2012
      @griffinwebb2012 5 лет назад +8

      unfortunately true. American parents need to not wrap their kids in bubble wrap, because that's not life. They need to be taught the uses of knives as tools...not toys. Put them in Girl/Boy Scouts as soon as they are old enough.(or ready/want to)

    • @tiffanyvann5528
      @tiffanyvann5528 4 года назад +5

      There are schools like this in the US! I found one near me and enrolled my son. He starts in 1 month

    • @thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527
      @thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527 4 года назад +1

      There are forest schools in the US, they’re just not as common due to certain restrictions

  • @Recroomsniperpro
    @Recroomsniperpro 4 года назад +3

    I wish my school was this chill in America

  • @alexmnicoletti
    @alexmnicoletti 2 года назад +1

    This is the most wonderful video I have ever seen about education and respect! I loved it!

  • @ethanvang4628
    @ethanvang4628 8 лет назад +16

    i wish my school was like this

  • @oldfilthynorseman4603
    @oldfilthynorseman4603 4 года назад +2

    Great! I love to see kids growing up like we did in Norway in the early 80's!

  • @acecrizpy5101
    @acecrizpy5101 6 лет назад +10

    Whelp, packing my stuff and moving to Denmark, bye Canada!

  • @RapiDEraZeR
    @RapiDEraZeR 8 лет назад +3

    This is certainly something that will stay as a positive memory in their minds.

  • @Gpknives
    @Gpknives 8 лет назад +7

    Great video! I learned how to use a knife at a young age and respect them for the tools that they are. I wish more outdoor education would be adopted in here in the west.

  • @omega1231
    @omega1231 8 лет назад +7

    Even if you didn't go to a forest kindergarten, there's an almost 100% chance that you've frequently visited a Naturskole (literally a nature school) as part of your education after kindergarten, i visited two very often one was right next to one of Denmarks deepest lakes called Furesø, where we learned about a multitude of fish and learned how to sail/fish, cook fish on a fire etc. and the other was a part of a farm so we learned slaughtering animals the old school way, taking care of farm animals and how to be around different farm animals, such as cows, chickens, sheep/goat and pigs, all within 10-15km of Copenhagen.
    I's not that weird when you think about how big agriculture continues to be in Denmark, of course it's gone down the last 20-30 years especially in the fishing market, but i'm fairly sure these opportunities in early school years helps tremendously with keeping them alive.

    • @Bronzescorpion
      @Bronzescorpion 8 лет назад

      Having grown up in Værløse I too have visited that particular nature school, but it seems that you had a much more rich experience than me. Although I did see how to break a deer in school, most of my experience with nature, such as slaughtering and preparing chickens came from my time as a scout, rather than from my school education.

    • @imemyself2820
      @imemyself2820 8 лет назад +1

      Let me add how breaking a deer and slaughtering animals in general is meant to teach the kids about animals and food. Where the meat is located and from what parts of the animal. We teach the kids to pay our respects to the animal if we use everything we can and dont let anything go to waste. The smell, the blood etc is all part of the learning process and no, it wont make them natural born sociopath killers but they will know the food was not made in the local supermarket :)

    • @celfbanditten7728
      @celfbanditten7728 8 лет назад +1

      Jeg er 14 og bor og går i skole i en lille by kaldet Horreby hvor der bor ca. 300 mennesker og der ligger en skole og en børnehave og en kirke og en købmand børnehaven var den jeg også gik i. Byen er nok mest kendt for at Mick øgendahl gik på den samme skole som jeg går nu Møllebakkeskolen. Men siden at jeg bor ude på landet på Falster, lavede vi de her slags ting med knive og vi havde et hønsehus hvor vi lærte at slagte dem og vi lærte at lave mad at den mad der groede i børnehaven. Jeg syntes personligt at det er vigtigt at børn fortsætter med at lære de her ting

    • @imemyself2820
      @imemyself2820 8 лет назад

      Godt skrevet, AceRex :)

  • @iselin4507
    @iselin4507 8 лет назад +3

    We have the same thing in Norway, it's an amazing concept where the kids can develop themselves on their own terms. I hope others also can open their eyes to this kind of kindergarten and education.

  • @ARI-kn3wz
    @ARI-kn3wz 6 лет назад +4

    OMG I MOVED TO THE UK WHEN I WAS 5 BUT I WAS BORN ON DENMARK COPENHAGEN! THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE USED TO DO OMG! IT WAS SOO FUN! WE WENT SKIING, hiking camping everything!! Danish people are really clever they let children explore life before putting a textbook in your face I always loved that! Can’t wait to go back this summer!

  • @richardlew3667
    @richardlew3667 6 лет назад +6

    I remember in my elementary school we were actually allowed to use power saws and drills in shop class. Nowadays they're just plastic hammers...

  • @bananaassasin7514
    @bananaassasin7514 4 года назад +1

    Hi could never be more proud of these kids

  • @darkshadow2502
    @darkshadow2502 3 года назад +3

    love how the one injury which resulted in a child having to go to the hospital had nothing to do with the play

  • @davidwollenberg1758
    @davidwollenberg1758 4 года назад +1

    Love this kind of schooling think it's great for kids

  • @dwaynewallace3614
    @dwaynewallace3614 6 лет назад +3

    I love this concept of school I wish they had this here in the USA

  • @tuemose22
    @tuemose22 7 лет назад +2

    this lady should teach alll parents, a thing or two. shes awesome and so clever..

  • @GunOwnerDan
    @GunOwnerDan 8 лет назад +14

    This would be a great way to help fight the obesity problem in America not to mention the widespread irrational fear of knives.

    • @imemyself2820
      @imemyself2820 8 лет назад

      Yes, knives can be lethal.
      According to The National Rifle Association, its much safer for everyone to carry a good ol'fashioned gun ;)

    • @ShaneshaS
      @ShaneshaS 5 лет назад

      iMeMySelf you’re more likely to survive a bullet wound, rather than a stab wound though.

    • @thewhat531
      @thewhat531 4 года назад +3

      Guys! They are tools, not weapons. Didn't you hear anything they said?

  • @pepejuan2924
    @pepejuan2924 Год назад +2

    This how children have learned for hundreds of years, it’s only recently that we have become over protective and I’m guilty of this myself.

  • @jkinsell66
    @jkinsell66 8 лет назад +52

    Denmark is a nation with strong trade unions, and a strong social support system (nearly socialist), with a "market" economy that is well regulated by a democratic government. As such they enjoy a high standard of living and a high level of income equality - as well as (some might argue BECAUSE OF) one of the world's highest income tax rates.
    In a nation with minimal social division, and low poverty rates, children learn to use knives - as they say in the video - "not at a weapon but at a tool."
    It's amazing how some on this thread interpret this video as supporting the North American gun crazies - it is nothing of the sort, but rather is a beautiful illustration of what happens when a strong government redistributes wealth to maintain a peaceful and prosperous society: children thrive. Can we say that about our "democracy" in the United States?

    • @imemyself2820
      @imemyself2820 8 лет назад +4

      Sorry for being 6 months late but your reflection is very intelligent and refreshing.

    • @leloboi5689
      @leloboi5689 7 лет назад

      Joseph Kinsella ugh i know

    • @chetan.gondaliya
      @chetan.gondaliya 6 лет назад

      Joseph Kinsella , you're real Guru as described in our holy vedic books. Keep doing this and keep posting...salutes😍😍

    • @brianbrittain84
      @brianbrittain84 6 лет назад +2

      Joseph Kinsella: ahhh shut up with the Democratic/Socialist bullsh*t! Politics have NOTHING to do with WHY these CHILDREN are being taught the correct way to use a knife- as a tool & not as a weapon... Give me a break! & just because you word things correctly, doesnt mean your correct! & THAT System WOULDN'T work in the United States & its NOT supposed to! It isn't the point whatsoever...

    • @brianbrittain84
      @brianbrittain84 6 лет назад +1

      daAnder71: EXACTLY! TOO MUCH helicopter parenting & MANY MANY MANY other things makes this Video as refreshing as it is to see from the U.S.

  • @jambojambo313
    @jambojambo313 3 года назад +2

    My brothers and I were brought up just like this. Okay, my younger brother only has 2 fingers left but we’re good citiziens. 😀

  • @misterman1371
    @misterman1371 6 лет назад +3

    Badass little Vikings

  • @atreides209
    @atreides209 6 лет назад +2

    Well done this type of teaching is very effective I approve of this
    This was better than when the time my school did camping

  • @daggerthepoonster9575
    @daggerthepoonster9575 8 лет назад +24

    Hey! Denmark is close to America, time to move and fake my age!

    • @oliverjohnkallesoe443
      @oliverjohnkallesoe443 8 лет назад +3

      In what way is Denmark close to America I hope that was a joke

    • @theflyinggasmask
      @theflyinggasmask 8 лет назад +1

      only 6 hours with a plane...

    • @oliverjohnkallesoe443
      @oliverjohnkallesoe443 8 лет назад +1

      +The Flying Gasmask Well yeah But its not geographically close to Denmark. And it's usually 7-8 hours with plane

    • @lau5682
      @lau5682 8 лет назад

      its close if you are Canadian ;) and trust me im danish ;)

  • @sbejebenebenenenenens7948
    @sbejebenebenenenenens7948 3 года назад +2

    America: NOo U CANT JUsT GIVEB KID KNiFE CUZ TGeY DO CUT CuT
    Danish kid: haha knife go slice slice

  • @Kewonerdk
    @Kewonerdk 6 лет назад +3

    My daughter is going to a forest kindergarten, my only concern is the shipload of extra laundry!

    • @SightForMemories
      @SightForMemories 4 года назад

      Only parents care about dirt on knees. Just let it sit for a day, you can brush it off :)

    • @Kewonerdk
      @Kewonerdk 4 года назад

      SightForMemories that's easy to say when you haven't tried it!!!!!

  • @kerkehout
    @kerkehout 4 года назад +2

    Wauw what a confident thwy learn, wish my son could go to something like that

  • @miqu8124
    @miqu8124 8 лет назад +3

    Awesome! There is still hope! :D

  • @diannaharrison5931
    @diannaharrison5931 4 года назад +1

    Wow would I have loved a school like that when young!! Fantastic!!

  • @isaaclopez3161
    @isaaclopez3161 6 лет назад +3

    Those kinds have better waddling skills and knives than I do. I'm a boy scout.

  • @denmarkyesh7366
    @denmarkyesh7366 4 года назад +1

    3:17 Tiny viking making his first spear

  • @tungstenwhizard4361
    @tungstenwhizard4361 6 лет назад +4

    Interactive learning is by FAR better than stuck in a classroom. Unfortunately, America is too stupid or too lazy to do something like that.

  • @kvhvtke1935
    @kvhvtke1935 Год назад

    I'm from Oklahoma and This is good this is way we played when I was little kid in the country we just found something new to do all the time

  • @miamunnochrossing9842
    @miamunnochrossing9842 8 лет назад +6

    im danish and currently laughing my ass off this is hilarious

  • @ForestSchoolLou
    @ForestSchoolLou 3 года назад

    Wonderful to see joy, curiosity and playfulness being valued and nurtured - children in their natural habitat!

  • @johncgibson4720
    @johncgibson4720 8 лет назад +8

    My parents also gave me knifes and even saws , to make my own toy trucks and toy guns, when I was 5 years old. I cut myself many times. I am 41 years old now.

    • @masselfur
      @masselfur 7 лет назад

      Can we get a finger count? ;)

  • @SaintZarr
    @SaintZarr 4 года назад +1

    I wish I had a childhood like this

  • @Stesha24601
    @Stesha24601 8 лет назад +4

    "It's not a weapon, it's a tool... for making tools."
    Joking aside, this is awesome.

  • @soop_yt
    @soop_yt 4 года назад +2

    I like how she calls it a tool, because that's what it is, not a weapon like literaly every other school says

  • @simonpedersen9703
    @simonpedersen9703 4 года назад +3

    Its not a school it is a kindergarten (german spelling and concept)

  • @Skov_
    @Skov_ 6 лет назад +1

    Im from Denmark and i rember going to kindergarden like this and it was amazing. Sorry if i spelled anything wrong.

  • @sanrioluvr3411
    @sanrioluvr3411 8 лет назад +4

    I am from Denmark and i thought this was normal!? They said it was freezing and 5 degrees.. Normally its 2 degrees in Denmark wth.. This is the soft side of Denmark in my opinion

  • @PLF...
    @PLF... Год назад +2

    They don't "play" with knives, they learn to use them. Knives are not toys.

  • @cujimmy1366
    @cujimmy1366 8 лет назад +3

    Beautiful.
    I wish the U.K goverment would share in your enlighted approach

  • @iwannarock101
    @iwannarock101 6 лет назад +2

    Its true. We did it too. Used knife. I also loved crawling really really high up in trees.

  • @CaspError
    @CaspError 7 лет назад +7

    "only" 5 degrees.
    that is actually not very cold in denmark.
    while i was laughing i could not stop thinking how Norwegians would have reacted when there is even colder up there XD

  • @Neceros
    @Neceros 8 лет назад +2

    This should be more normal. Kids are amazing and people do not give them enough credit. They can learn anything you know, faster more efficiently and more completely than you ever could.

  • @Kt1cckw
    @Kt1cckw 8 лет назад +2

    In Norway we are letting the kids use knife. I've done that my self when I was 4 years old and now I am 11 years older and still doing it

  • @taubau1790
    @taubau1790 6 лет назад +3

    They dont play with them they cut things but they get many hours just learning about knife safety and learn not to cut against each other and not to cut in against themself.

  • @davidk123
    @davidk123 4 года назад +1

    I love that my parents let me be free and never really held me back, got my first knife when I was 5 and 10 years later I have a collection of around 25 knives. I still go into the forest atleast once a week if not more

  • @heesofi
    @heesofi 6 лет назад +3

    They are not playing with knives, they are using them...

  • @MatureParasite
    @MatureParasite 8 лет назад +2

    This kind of thing reminds me of things that I did as a kid. 10/10 would send my kids to an outdoor kindergarten.

  • @LlameStarcraft
    @LlameStarcraft 8 лет назад +3

    Lol I thought all this was pretty common in kindergarten, at least in the western world...

    • @Bronzescorpion
      @Bronzescorpion 8 лет назад +2

      The difference is how much time they spend outside. This type of kindergarten is rarely to never inside.