Danish Forest Kindergartens – Early Math Counts https://earlymathcounts.org Laying the foundation for a lifetime of achievement Mon, 10 Jul 2017 21:57:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 183791774 Forest Kindergartens and the Great Danes https://earlymathcounts.org/forest-kindergartens-and-the-great-danes/ https://earlymathcounts.org/forest-kindergartens-and-the-great-danes/#respond Thu, 22 Oct 2015 17:47:01 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=3435 Yes – this is another article on the importance of outdoor, gross motor play and how it looks in Denmark.  Citing the research that we all know but seldom see in practice, recess and active outdoor play may be more important for the longterm academic success of children than just about anything else that happens in a preschool classroom.

In Denmark, they have Forest Kindergartens where children spend the majority of their day playing outdoors.  Even in the coldest winters, children are bundled up and brought outside for uninterrupted, extensive play.  It is the Danish belief that “nature and outdoor life is healthy and good for children.”

Forest kindergarten

 

Check it out.

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