Outdoor Preschools
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Outdoor Preschools
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#2cool idea. I think we have one here in San Francisco. I just wonder about rain/snow (for some areas) and then naps..where do they take them? But in general I think the kids (and adults) need more outdoor time
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#3This is nice if you live in a nice cool place with a magical shady forest full of wonders, but in most places kids will be in sweltering heat with the sun beating down on them all day putting them at risk for melanoma. I hated recess because of this, I just did not see the allure of being outside.
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#4We have outdoor preschools in Seattle, but because of how licensing works, my family can't use them. Outdoor preschools can only run for 4 hours usually 9:30-1:30, instead of full day, which is really what you need if you have two working parents.
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#5This is nice if you live in a nice cool place with a magical shady forest full of wonders, but in most places kids will be in sweltering heat with the sun beating down on them all day putting them at risk for melanoma. I hated recess because of this, I just did not see the allure of being outside.
Most towns have woodlands of some sort, don't they? I mean, globally. Sure there are desserts ...
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#6cool idea. I think we have one here in San Francisco. I just wonder about rain/snow (for some areas) and then naps..where do they take them? But in general I think the kids (and adults) need more outdoor time
>> I just wonder about rain/snow
Sounds like more worthwhile learning opportunities to me! I really dig this idea
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#7We had outdoor school in the (I think it was) 6th grade when I was a kid. This would have been early 90s. 4.5 days, slept in cabins. Parents came to visit on just one of the days. It rained. It was muddy. We got cold. But we learned a lot.
It was a good time.
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#8It'd be interesting to see if children raised with outdoor preschools had better eyesight. There's a strong correlation between time spend indoors during childhood and nearsightedness. [1]
[1] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/scin.559183...
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#9Related, Governors Island in NYC has a huge area called 'The Yard' [0] that's full of.. random hunks of wood and metal, pallets, rope, random tires and broken appliances. All for kids to play around in. It's just stuff a normal kid in a big city wouldn't get exposed to.
[0] https://govisland.com/things-to-do/programs/playgroundnycs-t...
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#10My son goes to one of these. We moved him out of another (indoor) preschool. He loves it - the kids seem to get along better, he's been more well behaved, and it seems to foster his creativity. That said, he's also older now! But we've had a great experience.