Most children today spend significantly more time indoors than playing outside, but research has shown numerous benefits of playing in nature: 1. Nature play makes kids smarter. Spending time in nature improves children’s ability to focus and concentrate. Studies show that nature-based experiential education supports significant academic gains in social studies, science, language, arts and mathematics. Students in outdoor…
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Engage your child’s curiosity at ENC Nature Camp
Research has shown that spending time in nature improves children’s awareness of their actions and surroundings. Advantages of heightened observation skills include being able to pay attention with full awareness, increased powers of description, and factors pertinent to creativity, such as frequency of ideas, innovation, and flexibility of thinking. Improving their observation skills allows children to…