Outdoor classroom

Pre-K, kindergarten and first-grade aged children show up to Woodsong Forest School ready to learn. Rather than sneakers, they wear hiking boots. Instead of pencils, they carry magnifying glasses.

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Turn every recess into an adventure!

Learn how to design and build an outdoor classroom. Discover furniture options, budgeting tips, and essential services to create a functional and inspiring learning space.

Outdoor Classrooms provide a place for children to connect to nature. With so many areas where children are told "no" to the diverse ways they want to interact with nature, outdoor classrooms are often a "yes" place. Yes, please dig in the dirt. Yes, please dig with the log pieces. Yes, please climb on these fallen logs. I was introduced to the Nature Explore outdoor classroom concept as we developed a natural playscape at a local nature center. This research based process helped reign in…

“There are some great benefits to teaching and learning in an outdoor setting.” ~ Professor Lisa Greer Washington and Lee’s newly constructed outdoor classroom opened for use at the beginning…

Outdoor classroom. Digital photograph, color

What do you do with a low-income school, a few donated garden boxes, and no funding for plants or supplies? To this question, teachers Debbie Rutledge-Lockyear and Janet White’s response was confident. You make it work. When they received the garden boxes, the teachers began dreaming of creating a community garden where they could give their […]

The Starter outdoor classroom package is perfect for an outdoor teaching setting, with milled log benches and a outdoor blackboard, a starting point for outdoor education.

Inspired by nature, 15 undergraduate students in the @CUBoulderENVD program designed and built an outdoor classroom in Mordecai Children’s…

How cute is this for an outdoor classroom? Love the "teacher" chair!

For a $5,000 per school budget, here are the top outdoor classroom features districts should prioritize.

Looking for fun outdoor games for kids? Here is a list of fun and natural outside and backyard activities that are free for you, your toddlers, and preschoolers. Get outside and play!

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At more than 80 Boston public schools, teachers are moving the classroom outdoors.