Forest Kindergarten at Waldorf School in Saratoga Springs – NYTimes.com

Forest Kindergarten at Waldorf School in Saratoga Springs – NYTimes.com

Forest Kindergarten at Waldorf School in Saratoga Springs – NYTimes.com.

Schools around the country have been planting gardens and planning ever more elaborate field trips in hopes of reconnecting children with nature. The forest kindergarten at the Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs is one of a handful in the United States that are taking that concept to another level: its 23 pupils, ages 3 ½ to 6, spend three hours each day outside regardless of the weather. This in a place where winter is marked by snowdrifts and temperatures that regularly dip below freezing.

What a fabulous idea. Frankly, it makes me want to go to Forest Kindergarten.

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