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WAILUKU — Immediately following the wildfires that impacted Maui this past August, Imua Family Services worked to find meaningful ways to support local childr

FARMINGTON - The University of Maine at Farmington is pleased to announce its next Public Forum event featuring Dr. Patti Bailie and her presentation on “Partnering with Nature: An Introduction to Nature Based Education.” This Public Forum event will take place at 6:30 p.m., November 15, 2023, in the Performance Space in the Emery Community

Dodge Nature Preschool in West St. Paul was one of the first nature-based preschools in the country that helps kids learn and connect to nature year-round. The number of these schools has more than quadrupled since some of the first started in the early 2000s.

Nature-based preschools have sprouted up across the country and received more interest since the pandemic began

Surging interest in outdoor schooling comes amid multiple reports showing U.S. test scores dropped dramatically as students switched to virtual and hybrid learning during the pandemic.

In 2017, 275 nature preschools operated in the U.S. By 2020, they more than doubled and theyve continued to grow in popularity since the pandemic

In 2017, 275 nature preschools operated in the U.S. By 2020, they more than doubled and they've continued to grow in popularity since the pandemic

While raising a toddler who loved the outdoors, one Duluth mom was inspired to start her own nature-based preschool, in line with a growing national trend.

The Outer Range campus is one of many new efforts across the country pairing outdoor opportunities with public education.

Share this: Teddy Ligon, 6, plays on a swing at Sol Forest School in Tijeras, New Mexico on February 3, 2021. Credit: Adria Malcolm for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report is a national nonprofit newsroom that reports on one topic: education. Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get stories like this delivered directly to your inbox. Cedar Crest, N.M. — On a frigid December morning in a snow-speckled forest clearing in New Mexico’s Sandia Mountains, a chorus of children bundled in ...