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 ...

Rose Winter is Head of Early Years at The British International School Bratislava. At The British International School Bratislava, Early Years children experience outdoor learning come rain or shine.

A brand-new early‑years setting, Twizzle Tops Peterborough, has officially opened its doors this March, offering families a ...

Christine Alden is affiliated with the Lawson Foundation, a funder of The Conversation Canada. University of Toronto provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of ...

On any given day, you might find students from Centreville Elementary attending class at one of the school’s 17 outdoor learning spaces, taking a nature walk, checking on the trout they’ve grown from ...

The model, which began in Scandinavia, is now spreading rapidly throughout Britain. Settings in both rural and urban areas are adapting their environments to include woodlands, garden spaces and ...

The survey by Learning through Landscapes and the Early Childhood Forum found strong support for outdoor play, but a wide variation in what children are offered and a need for more staff training. The ...

Weronika has been home educating for around 12 years. She explains that outdoor learning groups are really about getting kids outdoors and in touch with nature. Her group have studied a range of ...

Nestlings Forest School has won the Early Years Education Award at the 2026 Leader Education Awards for its outdoor learning ...

If you're a student—or even if you've just been around students lately—you've probably noticed that stress and anxiety seem to be at an all-time high. Between heavy academic workloads, social ...