Adapt for All Ages: Babies can explore soft grass, toddlers can dig in sand, and older kids can journal about their observations. Tailor activities to developmental stages. Collaborate: Teachers can partner with parents to share ideas or organize nature playdates. Community involvement amplifies the...
Children's idea of beauty is wild rather than ordered.34 A discovery play garden that plans for wildness, and provides openness, diversity, and opportunities for manipulation, exploration and experimentation, allows children to become totally immersed in play.35 Children's discovery play gardens are ...
naming the things she would need, “water bottle, cheddar bunnies, books” — for the car ride. She got Mommy’s hiking shoes out of the closet and almost had a tantrum when
ask toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners simple things to help them learn the answers they seek. Not only does this early educational practice help stop children from looking to you for all the answers, but it also teaches them how to uncover...