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How To Dress for Nature School in Massachusetts

You’ve just enrolled your child in a nature-based school.  You already know that children who get adequate outdoor time are healthier, happier, and smarter.  With the emergence of forest kindergartens, programs such as 1000 Hours Outside, and books like There’s

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Just a Thought: The Playground of Today

Children and teens are growing up in a constantly changing and fast-evolving digital world and the tangle of technology’s wires is tightening around them a little more each day.   Televisions in doctor’s offices, touch screens on airplanes, tablet cases with

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Why Have Indoor Plants In Your Learning Environment?

Having live plants indoors is linked with improved concentration and memory, while many also cleanse the air and increase oxygen levels. What does this mean for learners being educated in classrooms with live plants? They experience higher levels of productivity

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Behaviorism or Constructivism

Behaviorism or Constructivism “Is it possible that our children are not really as well educated as we would like to think?”   Now that millions of parents have been forced to become their child’s educator during the COVID-19 pandemic, perhaps

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“I think I can, I think I can,,,,”

“I think I can, I think I can,,,,” Is it time to transform our worldview from one of cynicism and pessimism to a more refreshing outlook full of hope and promise?  If that sounds like a good idea, it requires

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