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    Eight Tips to Help Prepare Your Child for Nature Preschool
    juliasappenfield8
    • Feb 18
    • 5 min

    Eight Tips to Help Prepare Your Child for Nature Preschool

    by BOPN Lead Preschool Teacher Julia Sappenfield How can I best prepare my child for outdoor school? This is one of the most common...
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    Learning from Stewards
    Vanessa Niro
    • Oct 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    Learning from Stewards

    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...
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    Outdoor Gear for Kids: New England Winter Edition
    sarahsatgunam
    • Sep 30, 2021
    • 5 min

    Outdoor Gear for Kids: New England Winter Edition

    Decision fatigue, meet outdoor school. For us grown ups who are not already semi-professional outdoorspeople, how on earth are we...
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    Stay Connected with Storypark
    sarahsatgunam
    • Sep 24, 2021
    • 2 min

    Stay Connected with Storypark

    My son is almost three years old. Despite my love for Boston Outdoor Preschool Network (BOPN) at the Gardens at Elm Bank (my daughter...
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    Nature's Curriculum
    Vanessa Niro
    • May 17, 2021
    • 2 min

    Nature's Curriculum

    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...
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    The Importance of Stick Play
    juliasappenfield8
    • Feb 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Importance of Stick Play

    Being an outdoor preschool, we make use of any material that we can find outside. That includes sticks! Sticks are by far the most...
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    Emotions and Nature Connection
    jasongutu
    • Jan 25, 2021
    • 2 min

    Emotions and Nature Connection

    One foundational goal in childhood development is emotional regulation. A somewhat fancy term for learning how to ride the emotional...
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    Nature Connection Begins With Self-Care
    jasongutu
    • Jan 18, 2021
    • 2 min

    Nature Connection Begins With Self-Care

    A felt sense of safety must come before exploration. In a culture that values independence and impatiently asks kids to “toughen up,”...
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    Boston Outdoor Preschool Network Blog
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    • Apr 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    Boston Outdoor Preschool Network Blog

    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...
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    Crystals in the Snow
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    • Apr 7, 2020
    • 1 min

    Crystals in the Snow

    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...
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    Whose Tracks are these?
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    • Apr 7, 2020
    • 1 min

    Whose Tracks are these?

    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?...
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    Pop open our curiosity!
    Sarah Besse
    • Sep 28, 2019
    • 1 min

    Pop open our curiosity!

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