by BOPN Lead Preschool Teacher Julia Sappenfield How can I best prepare my child for outdoor school? This is one of the most common...

As a nature school, we benefit from and impact the land we play and learn on, so we recognize the importance of teaching BOPN children...

Decision fatigue, meet outdoor school. For us grown ups who are not already semi-professional outdoorspeople, how on earth are we...

My son is almost three years old. Despite my love for Boston Outdoor Preschool Network (BOPN) at the Gardens at Elm Bank (my daughter...

One winter day, I was out hiking with my students and one child excitedly pointed to animal tracks in the snow and asked “who made those...

Being an outdoor preschool, we make use of any material that we can find outside. That includes sticks! Sticks are by far the most...

One foundational goal in childhood development is emotional regulation. A somewhat fancy term for learning how to ride the emotional...

A felt sense of safety must come before exploration. In a culture that values independence and impatiently asks kids to “toughen up,”...

My name is Nia and I am a senior health sciences major at Boston University, with a focus on public health. I have had the pleasure of...

Another day full of fun and snow! And look, what do we find? Needle ice! We ask: How did they form? science tells us needle ice forms...

Whose tracks are these? What a snowy day, take a look around! The snow may seem clear, but look a little closer and what do we see?...

Jewelweed capsules explode open, propelling seeds here and there. Pop! Do it again! Pop, hop! Pop, hop, drop! Pods pop! We wonder: Why...