Feature Stories
December 2017
Learning to care for one's personal needs while playing outdoors is not always easy but it teaches children the skills they need to navigate new situations, think through problems, and develop strength and coordination -- the very foundations of later success in the classroom.
October 2017
How do we bring moments of wonder and care for nature into many more young children’s lives? Emilian Geczi argues that we need to combine empowering messages with effective engagement strategies to give more adults the confidence to share the wonders of the natural world with young children in everyday life.
September 2017
Nature-based education is, by definition, place-based education. And no matter where we are, when we enter into a classroom, we bring our place, and the history of that place, with us.
June 2017
Nature experiences can play a central role in children's moral development. But we need to start by modeling caring practices and sharing our own sense of wonder and responsibility for the natural world.
April 2017
Do you want to become an advocate for young children? Learn three key lessons that will help you harness the power of your inner advocate.
March 2017
Are you considering opening a nature-based preschool? Here are some ideas for thinking through the programmatic decisions you will need to make.
January 2017
Business planning consultant David Catlin shares what it takes to develop a business plan for a nature preschool that can take you from a great idea to a successful school.
Fiddleheads Forest School
November 2016
Outdoor classrooms might seem like a challenging environment in which to provide early literacy instruction, but they are also a source of unique opportunity.
October 2016
Research suggests that active exploration wires the brain, and helps kids develop powerful intuitions about concepts central to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Dodge Nature Center
September 2016
Relive the 2016 conference with a participant who is tasked with bringing the conference to Seattle in 2017.