Children who spend time learning outside may reap benefits physically, academically, and emotionally, according to a Texas ...

As families choose child-led approaches like Montessori, Reggio Emilia, and nature-based preschools, these models are ...

Remember when free range parenting was just… parenting? When “don’t come home until the street lights come on” was the expectation, not the exception. Today, childhood looks different. Children are ...

At a forest school, the roof is the bright blue sky, a cluster of ladybugs flying through the air can turn into a science lesson and the fog lingering on your face becomes an example of the water ...

A 20-acre urban farm in Orlando, Fla., 4Roots addresses urgent issues like food insecurity and environmental decline through regenerative farming, education, and community collaboration. Photo: Chad ...

In Grand Rapids, Michigan, every 8th grader learns to canoe in the Grand River. Milwaukee’s public school district is now home to five new greenspaces. In Austin, nature-based learning is integrated ...

This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing region. From the Poconos to the Jersey Shore to the mouth of the Delaware Bay, what do you want to ...

GIG HARBOR, Wash. — The slogan of this school – “There Will be Mud.” One of the pillars to the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation’s Curious by Nature School is nature-based learning. Forests double as ...

PAXTON ― Despite the freezing temperatures, plenty of smiles are visible through tightly bound jacket hoods, scarves and earmuffs of students attending an outdoor-based education program in Paxton.

In his recently published book, Nature and the Mind: The Science of How Nature Improves Cognitive, Physical, and Social Well-Being, pioneering environmental neuroscientist Marc Berman describes how ...