Benefits of Spending Time Outdoors
Why choose an outdoor school?
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Cognitive Benefits
Exposure to nature has been shown to promote cognitive development in young children. Spending time in nature improves focus and concentration and improves retention and recall. When we allow ourselves to be immersed in nature, we develop more self-control and impulse control. Spending time in nature can even lessen symptoms of ADHD.
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Mental Health
Spending time in nature has been shown to improve one's mood, lessen anxiety and stress, foster joy, and grant children deep and rich levels of curiosity about the world around them. Time spent outdoors enhances children's imagination.
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Physical and Healthy Lifestyle
Spending time outdoors allows for climbing, jumping, skipping, crawling, balancing, running, squatting, and other large motor movements, contributing to whole-body fitness and long-term health benefits. Nature provides space to move and play, reducing sedentary lifestyles and childhood obesity.
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Environmental Empathy and Stewardship
Studies indicate that when young children spend regular time in nature, they grow into eco-conscious adults, promoting lifelong environmental stewardship of our precious natural resources.