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MPR News: "Preschool moves from the classroom to the forest" by Dan Kraker, May 17th, 2022
UMD's Childhood and Nature Studies program, Secret Forest Playschool and David Sobel are also featured in this article.
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UMD's Childhood and Nature Studies program, Secret Forest Playschool and David Sobel are also featured in this article.
Click here to read more.
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nextcity.org/urbanist-news/the-duluth-preschool-thats-taking-education-outsideNEXT CITY- CINNAMON JANZER JUNE 30, 2022
The Duluth Preschool That’s Taking Education Outside While raising a toddler who loved the outdoors, one Duluth mom was inspired to start her own nature-based preschool, in line with a growing national trend. Read the full story here. In the Duluth News TribuneEleven hammocks draped in mosquito netting are arranged around a large basswood in a quiet Duluth forest.
One day in July each held a small child wrapped cocoon-like, clutching “stuffies” or blankets. The sleeping children lay under filtered sunlight and a canopy of greenery. Far enough away from the civilization of Arrowhead Road, only birds and a breeze made any audible sounds during an hour of rest. Please click here to read our story Natural Start Alliance- Member Spotlight 2017
What does a day at Secret Forest Playschool look like?Our days are busy! Children can be dropped off anytime after 7:30am and some stay as late as 5:00pm. A majority of the children’s day is spent in nature. During the late spring, summer, and into early fall, the children are outdoors about eight hours every day. They play outside, picnic outside for snacks and lunch, and even take their naps outside in hammocks. During the transition seasons of early spring and late fall, children are outdoors for about five hours but are now napping indoors. And as winter approaches, the children are still spending three to four hours outside every day, but the time is more broken up. The Playschool is not a curriculum-based program, but rather curiosity-driven -- a lot of the children’s learning comes from doing. Together, the children take on the role of both teacher and student. Please click here to read the full article. |
On the NewsA group of Northland youngsters now have the chance to enjoy their unique new classroom. After months in the making, the doors are now open at the Secret Forest Playschool’s Cabin Classroom. Please click here to watch the new clip.
Children learned to channel their inner mushers today as they had the chance to try out dog sledding with Positive Energy Outdoors. Please click here to watch the news clip.
Workers from Minnesota Power right here in the Northland, are joining forces with crews from across the Midwest, scrambling across the City over the past few days to restore power to over 46,000 customers.
Workers have been clocking in nearly 16-hour days, but their hard labor isn’t going unnoticed by students from Secret Forest Playschool in Duluth are showing these workers their appreciation. Please click here to watch the news clip. WDIO (channel 10) did a news story emphasizing the importance of giving children the opportunity of learning through nature-play. The Duluth Nature Play Collaborative was highlighted and Secret Forest Playschool was featured as the leading nature-play program in the Duluth area! Please click here to watch the video. 
Secret Forest Playschool was nominated for the 2016 Joel Labovitz Entrepreneurial Success Awards. It was an honor, and very humbling, to be recognized as an entrepreneur in our community. Click here to read more.
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