New Trend? Nine Outdoor Preschools to Open in Seattle Parks
Three and four-year-olds in Seattle, Washington are trading preschool classrooms for the great outdoors.
In a new partnership with Seattle Parks and Recreation, Tiny Trees Preschool will foster learning in nine city parks beginning in September of 2016.
Andrew Jay, one of the school’s founders, maintains that anything kids can do indoors, they can do at a city park—plus, there are so many added opportunities in the natural world for discovery. Using a skill set Jay developed at Outward Bound working with middle and high school students, he is ready to bring outdoor learning into the mainstream.
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/9-outdoor-preschools-to-open-in-seattle-parks/
In a new partnership with Seattle Parks and Recreation, Tiny Trees Preschool will foster learning in nine city parks beginning in September of 2016.
Andrew Jay, one of the school’s founders, maintains that anything kids can do indoors, they can do at a city park—plus, there are so many added opportunities in the natural world for discovery. Using a skill set Jay developed at Outward Bound working with middle and high school students, he is ready to bring outdoor learning into the mainstream.
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/9-outdoor-preschools-to-open-in-seattle-parks/