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NPR: Out Of The Classroom And Into The Woods

Kids in the U.S. are spending less time outside. Even in kindergarten, recess is being cut back. But in the small town of Quechee, Vt., a teacher is bucking that trend: One day a week, she takes her students outside — for the entire school day.It’s called Forest Monday.Eliza Minnucci got the idea after watching a documentary about a forest school in Switzerland where kids spend all day, every day, out in the woods.”I would do that in a heartbeat,” she thought to herself. Then reality hit. “We’re in a public school in America. That’s not going to happen.”But her principal at the Ottauquechee School in central Vermont surprised her by saying: Try it.Every Monday morning, the kids suit up for a day outdoors…click to read the rest on npr.og…

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