The benefits of time spent outdoors are too numerous to cover on this page, but here are some of our favorites!
Awareness
Through tracking wildlife proximity and tending plant life, children see the reflection of their personal impact on their environment, and embracing the elements yields lessons in temperature awareness and self-care.
Gross and Fine Motor Skill Development
Agility, coordination, reflexes, and balance are honed through exploration of the diverse aspects of natural landscapes, while careful hands and tender footsteps allow us to move with awareness and receptivity.
Diversity
The wild models how many ways life is expressed. Each stone, plant, animal, or element holds a lesson.
Quieting the Mind
Tracking unlocks the quiet receptive mind and is inherently meditation in action.
Cycles
Seasonal, daily, and life cycles are embraced and celebrated as we grow and change with the world around us.
Character Growth
Belonging, resilience, curiosity, and fun-loving grit are cultivated as we find ourselves at one with the natural world.
We must teach our children to smell the earth, to taste the rain, to touch the wind, to see things grow, to hear the sun rise and night fall – to care. ~ John Cleal
