Our Partners
Rudolf Steiner Børnehaveseminariet in Charlottenlund
Rudolf Steiner Børnehaveseminariet offers a 3-year pedagogy program as well as various courses and events in the artistic subjects for use in kindergartens and nurseries.
Bonsai Institute and Rudolf Steiner Børnehaveseminariet collaborate on the education of new Steiner educators and the further training of formally trained educators in Steiner pedagogy.
Steinerskolerne
The Steiner Schools in Denmark are an association that represents the shared interests and tasks of the country’s Steiner schools.
The Steiner Schools and the Bonsai Institute share a common vision of well-being in nurseries, kindergartens, and early primary education.
Marjatta
Marjatta Education Center is part of Marjatta, a Rudolf Steiner special school and a day and residential institution for children, young people, and adults with developmental disabilities. The Education Center offers a part-time pedagogy program in Steiner pedagogy, as well as opportunities for further and continuing education in leadership, therapeutic pedagogy, and practicum supervision.
University College Absalon and Marjatta Education Center have collaborated for several years on pedagogy programs, continuing education, and research. Within the pedagogy program, the agreement is particularly focused on the specialization area of social and special education.
Bonsai Institute and Marjatta jointly offer the programs Sustainable Leadership and Steiner Pedagogy Qualification.
Neufeld courses in Denmark
Neufeld Courses in Denmark offers teaching, counseling, and courses based on the theory and practice of developmental psychologist Gordon Neufeld. Grete Lyngdorf, founder and director, was trained in Canada at the Neufeld Institute (https://neufeldinstitute.org/). Grete also coordinates seminars with Gordon when he teaches in Denmark.
Grete Lyngdorf and the Bonsai Institute collaborate on Gordon Neufeld’s attachment theory in the education of educators, teachers, and parents.
FOBU – Association for the Benefit of Children and Youth
FOBU is a nationwide umbrella organization for 150 self-governing and private childcare institutions. They provide professional administration as well as dedicated advice and sparring.
Bonsai Institute collaborates with FOBU by offering leadership courses and more to FOBU’s members.
Nordic Inspiration
In collaboration with Nordic Inspiration, we offer physical courses, but also online webinars for Japanese parents and professionals about nature and toddler education as well as the Scandinavian educational culture.
Nordic Inspiration is particularly interested in searching for new ways of learning, which can be read more about here.
Santa Monica College
In collaboration with the International Education Center at Santa Monica College, California, we arrange internships and study exchanges focusing on outdoor life for nursery and kindergarten children, as well as daily practice in forest kindergartens.
The children´s center at Caltec
Susan Wood and the Children’s Center at Caltech collaborate with the Bonsai Institute by sending English-speaking students and professors to Denmark to join our course Nordic Forest and Early Childhood Education, and by inviting Bonsai Institute instructors to teach—for example at Caltech’s ECSTEM Conference 2024.
Space2Grow
Marie Louise James, a family psychotherapist from England, founded Space2Grow to give the local community in Farnham, UK, opportunities to connect with others in nature through gardening and conversation. At Space2Grow, the focus is on enabling people to reconnect with themselves, each other, and nature through courses, events, and group activities that bridge generational and socio-economic divides.
In collaboration with Marie Louise James, the Bonsai Institute will offer a parenting course starting in spring 2025.
Naturally Learning
Naturally Learning is a private childcare provider with seven kindergartens in Devon, England, working with nature-based pedagogy.
Naturally Learning collaborates with the Bonsai Institute on training educators in both Denmark and the UK.
Upper Manhattan Forest Kids
Upper Manhattan Forest Kids offers nature walks and outdoor activities in Central Park, NYC, for children aged 2–6, inspired by the Danish forest kindergarten tradition.
Upper Manhattan Forest Kids hosts workshops in collaboration with the Bonsai Institute.
Little School and Early Childhood at Lincoln School Providence
Together with a former participant of our course on Nordic Forest and Early Childhood Education, we offer online courses to provide further training for the staff at The Little School at Lincoln School Providence.
The child development center at Pasadena City College
Adora Nuttall, Associate Professor at the Child Development Center at Pasadena City College, and the Bonsai Institute have established a close collaboration on courses, lectures, and study programs in Denmark and the USA.
Growing Place, incl. The Santa Monica Early Childhood Lab School at Santa Monica College
Bonsai Institute has established a close collaboration on courses, lectures, and study programs in Denmark and the USA.
