

Why Forest Kindergarten?
The average North American child spends seven hours per day in front of a screen, compared to 30 minutes per day playing outside in a...


B is for bug when preschoolers make nature their classroom
In the age of standardized testing, screen time and what some see as a generation of excessively coddled children, a new movement of...


Teaching kids HOW to problem solve, not WHAT the answers are!
The Playgarden, a Jacksonville Beach pre-school and kindergarten, has a Forest Kindergarten program. All of our teachers attended Forest...