http://communications.uvic.ca/edge/
"University of Victoria's Centre for Early Childhood Research and Policy has undertaken research to see the outcomes of attending school outdoors.
The school follows the provincially-approved kindergarten curriculum, but students spend 2.5 hours a day outside, rain or shine.
Parents are drawn to the idea of children getting away from electronic devices and back to nature, where they play and learn about birds by seeing them live, not on a screen. Others say spending a large portion of the day outside creates more active children who will learn to care more about their environment.
Educators suggest benefits ranging from improved health and fitness to improved mental and emotional child development."
I am reminded when my children were in the primary grades and I would wisk them off to Garry Point in Steveston to sit at the estuary edge of the Fraser River and Pacific Ocean to walk in the breeze. Sometimes we would bring our sketch books, or take our bikes and bounce along the dike. As a parent, I valued this time for my children's "learning" over the classroom setting and was willing to explain why we were late to their teachers. No regrets! My children are imprinted with a love of the outdoors.
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