WATCH: Correspondent Nancy West discusses the rising education trend of nature-based preschools, a program that takes learning from indoors to the outdoors. Parents might gauge their child’s progress ...

It’s morning at the ENC Nature Preschool in Newport Beach, California, and 72 preschoolers are rolling around in a mud pit to make mud pies and “stone soup.” After hosing off and changing into clean ...

Tucked away in the peaceful surroundings of Forest Hill is a little treasure that is all about developing young brains: Forest Hill Nature Preschool & Childcare. This nature-focused school, founded ...

Outdoor preschools are popular in Colorado, but a lack of licensing has meant parents couldn’t take advantage of the state’s universal pre-K funds—until now. Kate Strebe’s daughter, Maya, is an ...

Studies suggest nature can help lower stress and boost attention. Researchers and educators say it can also help kids express creativity.

Liam and his 3- to 5-year-old classmates sat around a large picnic table in the Bob Jones Nature Center and Preserve, feet dangling from the bench, as they learned about the life cycle of frogs.

FARMINGTON HILLS, Michigan —The preschoolers are dressed as winter hikers, wearing water-resistant bib snow pants, wool socks and pastel hats that obscure their ears. They sink into the snow, roll it ...

Hannah Stelley, left, director of the Nature School at the Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center, leads visitors at the Feb. 13, 2025, open house to the outdoors learning and play area near the ...

Nearly a decade has now gone by since Hartley Nature Preschool opened up in Duluth. The first children attended in the fall of 2014. 16 of them enrolled in half day sessions. They’re now in middle ...