Spending time outdoors and engaging in active play has all kinds of benefits for young children. It encourages gross motor skill development, helps improve coordination and balance, and can contribute ...

When children step out of their traditional elementary school classroom to learn outdoors, they experience a wide range of benefits. Outdoor learning is fun, active and fosters creativity and problem ...

York Day Early Learning has launched an outdoor classroom and nature center aimed at fostering emotional well-being, resilience, and engagement among young children. Supported by PNC Bank and the ...

As a tween, I spent every winter Friday on the ski bus to Pat’s Peak in New Hampshire and I dreamed of being an art teacher. Today, I get to bring those passions together — creativity, community and ...

Ask former Everett School District students about Camp Silverton, and you’re likely to hear tales from former fifth-grade campers and high school counselors of days spent identifying trees and plants, ...

Children in west Louisville will have an opportunity to learn more about the great outdoors. Mayor Greenberg, Councilwoman ...

Stomping through puddles, scrambling over fallen logs and digging in the dirt with sticks may not sound like traditional educational activities, but they are core parts of the curriculum in “forest ...

Even on a cold Minnesota day, teacher Eric Wulff sees the importance of learning outside. “It is the world’s largest classroom,” he said. These students at the School of Engineering and Arts near ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. As schools across the country debate how to safely reopen in ...

Most schools reopening in the fall are aiming to reduce class sizes, implement extensive hygienic practices, and hold some lessons online to protect against the spread of the coronavirus. But at ...

Bilateral negotiations are underway to move the historic federal commitment to a Canada-wide early learning and child-care system from vision to reality. Expanding access for all young children in ...