Tag: Outdoor Classrooms

A Walk in the Park Improves Attention

By Francine St.Amand Most people would agree that being in a natural setting is relaxing and refreshing. The effect that nature has on our minds has been the subject of psychology research for a least a century and more intensely in the last few decades. This brain/nature connection is...

Re-Purposing Perth-Andover: The Education Factor

OPPORTUNITY for Perth-Andover To Be An Education Model By Francine St. Amand Creating Outdoor Classrooms is a rapidly increasing trend in the public school system and there are several foundations which will support such projects (Evergreen Foundation, MAJESTA Trees of Knowledge Competition, TD’s Friends of the Environment Foundation to...