Forest Kindergarten

So I was reading an article about outdoors education and it mentioned Cedarsong Nature School in Washington State. They have the first Forest Kindergarten in the United States.  Students are outside every single day, rain or shine. They say that it allows for students to have a deep learning experience because there are plenty of opportunities for their engagement. It is an alternative (a very different alternative) from the classic classroom.

After reviewing the Cedarsong Nature School website, http://cedarsongnatureschool.org/, it reminds me that education can be a very exciting and engaging experience for children.  It reminds me of something that Michel Foucault said in an interview "Certainly, learning can be made an erotic, highly pleasurable activity. Now, that a teacher should be incapable of revealing this, that his job, should virtually consist of showing how unpleasant~ sad, dull and unerotic learning is-to me, this is an incredible achievement." (Foucault, 136)

This all brings to mind, how can we make education engaging, exciting, and meaningful?

Foucault, Michel (1996).  Foucault Live (Interviews, 1961-1984). New York: Semiotext(e).