A preschooler at the Carrie Murray Nature Center Forest Preschool fills a bucket with water from a stream in Leakin Park. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one ...

At outdoor preschools, students play and learn outside most or all of the day, all year long. (Credit: Tiny Trees Preschool) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or ...

Brandyn Boyd doesn’t want to spend her entire day telling children to pay attention. Instead, at Magnolia Forest Preschool, Boyd has the opportunity to watch children explore, experiment and ...

When 3-year-old Charlie McGlynn-Wright was born, her parents felt pressured to immediately start looking for a preschool. Teddy and Annie McGlynn-Wright had a difficult time finding a preschool for ...

A rabid bat was just discovered in my four-year-old’s classroom. Bats, if you didn’t know, are the animal most likely to infect Americans with rabies. Also, their teeth are so small that you may not ...

Drop by Megan Patterson’s Denver preschool, Worldmind, on any given day, and you’ll probably see a few children climbing trees. Others will be sorting pine needles, clambering around on a jumble of ...

PORT ANGELES — Anya Samawicz had long dreamed of a school where her daughter, Sunny, could explore the wonders of the outdoors. After years of planning and working with local community organizations, ...