Place-Based Outdoor Learning in Early Childhood Education

Episode #135: We are always trying to provide our little ones with quality outdoor time, but this is usually just a small part of their day. What would it look like to take this to its most extreme and provide a preschool that is ENTIRELY outdoors? Yes, you read that right — 100% outdoors, all year long. In this episode, Tiny Trees Preschool’s Rachel Franz explains what outdoor preschool looks like, the benefits it provides, and efforts underway to create proper licensing to bring the outdoors to more families across the world.

Resources in this episode:

• Tiny Trees Preschool: https://tinytrees.org/
• Natural Start Alliance: https://naturalstart.org/
• Washington Outdoor Preschool Pilot: https://del.wa.gov/Outdoor-Preschool