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 ...

Across seven JCC Chicago early childhood locations, young learners are thriving in outdoor classrooms where they’re exploring how to solve problems, think critically and collaborate, all with the open ...

The Early Childhood Alliance recently celebrated new outdoor learning spaces at its Beacon Street Learning Program. The Nature Explore Outdoor Classrooms are expected to become a central hub for ...

With the Manhattan skyline in the background as the sun set during a heat wave on July 24, 2022, children cooled off by playing in a fountain in Domino Park, Brooklyn, a borough of New York City.

To keep early childhood professionals connected at statewide levels, the Facebook page “VT Kids Play and Learn Outdoors” is a valuable place to find resources, share ideas and support each others’ ...

As the early childhood sector continues to reflect on best practice in pedagogy, play and wellbeing, new guidance from the UK is reinforcing a long-held truth among educators: movement is not optional ...

As part of the Grow Outdoors South Carolina initiative, the South Carolina Department of Social Services (SCDSS) Division of Early Care and Education and the South Carolina Department of Health and ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky A Simsbury mom and veteran educator is opening a nature-based preschool where the ...

Hanoi, Early Years classrooms are structured environments designed to facilitate exploration, imagination, creativity, and ...

Sauk Rapids-Rice School District voters approved two referendum questions totaling $55 million for a new early childhood center and an outdoor activity complex. The new early childhood center will ...