As i wrote in the first picture I called the forest our second classroom. This is the view you meet right behind our house. Four children are on their way to pick autumn leaves from a lot of different kind of trees.
The children get to know our four seasons and we follow the changes. From winter with no leaves, a lot of snow, ice on the pods and less bird song.Then spring with all buds on the trees, the water that is melting and starts to gurgle. Later on summer with all animal activity, leaves on the trees and it´s greenness. Finally autumn when the trees start to lose their colourful leaves and it´s getting colder.
The forest gives the children big opportunities to use all their senses, practise motoric skills, science and so on.
Wow! The "backyard" of your preschool seems amazing! How great it must be to have such an environment right next door. The possibilities you have in a forest when it comes to studying nature and sience, are fantastic and I really envy you. Being located in a city centre has it's advantages, but it's always nice to have nature close by. How often do you take the children out into the forest and are children of all ages using this space to play in?
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