Posts by elizaear

Thank you all again for all of the tips. There a quite a few "nature based" preschools around, but that certainly is different than a forest kindergarten which is based also on unstructured outdoor play. I find the cost and...

libranbutterfly - Why is it 3-4 years off? Germany is different that the states, but I was suprised to learn from the founder of our forest kindergarten that only about 6 months passed from her initial idea to the actual start.

@CaraboosMama - that's why I asked! I'd be very interested in helping as much as I can if anyone might be motivated. Do you know of anywhere interesting in your area? Rainbowmoon - our forest kindergarten has a pretty good description...

This thread already has lots of information. There isn't much information about forest kindergartens in English. I've translated most of our forest kindergartens website, which has lots of practical information and some links, but I...

That's the thing. They are cool, really cool. And from what I gather, it probably wouldn't be hard to find enough parents in a given area who would send their kids to this kind of day care. So why isn't it happening? There may be...

Could you explain more - it seems that you might know more... I did some quick reading on Wikipedia and throughout the university's web site and I can't quite make the " present day" connection. It seams that Rabindranath...

A new thread for a new thought. Does anybody here wish there was a nature preschool/ forest kindergarten/ outdoor day-care in their area? Be it for your own children of for others? Does anybody know of an existing nature center or...

Pomona, funny you mention the WSJ article. The author, Mike Esterl, found this thread when he started his research on the article and contacted me via email. I talked to him on the phone and was really excited that he was looking into...

I'm still on the lookout for "forest kindergartens" in the states, probably more out of sheer interest. There are a few popping up in nature centers, which I think is great! Anybody here from the Chicago area?? Every time I go...

Thanks Eileen! It's nice learning about new and interesting nature-based day cares - I'm glad that the concept does exist! I'm still blown away by how incredibly different our Waldkindergarten is - and I'm incredibly thankful. I...