Outdoor learning linked to gains in literacy, well-being for children and teachers, study finds

Children who spend time learning outside may reap benefits physically, academically, and emotionally, according to a Texas ...
Edutopia

Designing Outdoor STEM Learning for Elementary Students

Design an explicit, three-part learning sequence: The learning sequence starts with a pre-visit phase, followed by an outdoor visit phase, followed by a post-visit phase. Each part of the sequence ...
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Lewisburg's Summit Early Learning creates outdoor learning environment for kids

LEWISBURG, Pa. — Behind Summit Early Learning in Lewisburg, kids are just being kids. They are exploring the new outdoor learning environment that was built not that long ago. Executive Director Doug ...
salisburypost

The great outdoors: Partners in Learning takes classroom outside

SALISBURY — Everyone has fond memories of spending time outdoors as a child, but the life skills developed while playing in the backyard are not as readily apparent. An early education center in ...
Seven Days

Vermont Schools Embrace Learning Outside

In 2010, my oldest son moved his family to Norway, abandoning a senior-level position with the federal government to live in a cottage on the edge of a fjord. My two granddaughters had spent their ...
Outside

The Pandemic Moved Classrooms Outside. Let’s Keep It That Way.

Mackenzie Nichols always dreamed that her children would go to the same school she’d attended: Peterborough Elementary, a public school of about 250 students in a small, outdoorsy community in ...
WUFT

Outdoor learning programs grow in Gainesville as families seek options different from traditional education

Class is in session at Carolina Kids Co-op, but there are no desks, no walls, and no screens. Students spend their school day ...
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Outside learning is the norm at this Newburyport, Mass., school

BRAVING THE ELEMENTS. THEN YOU CAN PUT YOUR BACKPACK RIGHT IN THE WAGON. IT’S THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL HERE IN BOX FORD, MASSACHUSETTS. I LOVE YOU. HAVE A GREAT TIME IN THE. HERE WE GO WITH THE ...
CBS News

K-8 Moves Classrooms Outside For In-Person Learning

BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)- In order to return to in-person learning, schools have implemented a variety of new safety measures including some outdoor lessons. In Boulder, Horizons K-8 is moving most of ...