Forest Days Fall Session
Our kindergarten students finished up our fall session of Forest Days just before winter break. We were so fortunate to have mostly moderate weather days and only a handful of colder days. But with the proper gear and a morning filled with out-of-the-box learning in the natural environment, our students were always eager to get outside and engage in their chosen tasks. Forest Days was marked on our classroom calendars and the children could not wait for their next session. Forest Days has been an exciting endeavor to watch unfold. Research tells us the benefits of spending time in and learning in nature, but what does that look like for public school kindergarten students? My colleagues and I kept track of which activities our students visited each week, documented with photos, completed surveys with our students, and incorporated some of the outdoor learning into our classrooms. Back inside our classrooms, we saw more impromptu learning sessions happening. We looked for the birds out
