At outdoor preschools, students play and learn outside most or all of the day, all year long. (Credit: Tiny Trees Preschool) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or ...

A preschooler at the Carrie Murray Nature Center Forest Preschool fills a bucket with water from a stream in Leakin Park. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one ...

Brandyn Boyd doesn’t want to spend her entire day telling children to pay attention. Instead, at Magnolia Forest Preschool, Boyd has the opportunity to watch children explore, experiment and ...

Kaleidoscope Preschool and Childcare Center of Orcas Island was recently the first data collection site for Washington State University researchers studying the effects of outdoor playtime on ...

Drop by Megan Patterson’s Denver preschool, Worldmind, on any given day, and you’ll probably see a few children climbing trees. Others will be sorting pine needles, clambering around on a jumble of ...