Reddit reviews The Outdoor Classroom in Practice, Ages 3-7: A month-by-month guide to forest school provision

I worked at an outdoor preschool for about a year. It's certainly a concept I love so much, unfortunately the owner sold to someone who didn't want to keep it an outdoor preschool(she felt the two classes couldn't handle being outside together and they'd get sick being out there in all weather)

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1. We would spend time outside if it was slightly rainy but if it was anymore than that we came inside. The school was new that year so many parents didn't know how to dress properly for the weather.
   
2. We basically stayed in the outdoor classroom directly behind the building but we'd explore the wooded area above which wasn't that large.
   
3. We would offer different materials. We had these built by the first owners husband: http://shop.natureexplore.org/s.nl/sc.1/category.2283/.f We basically offer anything we want in these. We also had a mud kitchen, garden and a acrylic art easel: http://shop.natureexplore.org/Art-Panel/
   
4. We had rakes, shovels, buckets, water etc. that we would let the kids explore with.
   
5. The owners idea was to take the typical classroom and keep it outside. So we ran centers with the discovery tables and did an art project on the easel.
   
6. We basically spent from 9-11:45 outside. Then inside from 11:45-3 for lunch, nap, snack and outside from 3-6.
   
7. I don't see any challenges at all. I find the outdoor model to be very helpful to kids. They have the rest of their schooling to spend inside in a classroom, so let them explore and be kids.
   
8. https://natureexplore.org/ has some great ideas. Most of which can be recreated for half the cost. Also check out Cedarsong on Vashon Island in Washington. Erin Kenny founded it(she recently passed away from cancer though) and she's founded one of the first nature schools. It's modeled after the German model. They still run training's at her school and she has a whole home study thing you can purchase which has a book, curriculum ideas, and a dvd. The book is amazing. I considered buying this to do nature studies with but we didn't have access to any water for the pond studies: https://raisinglittleshoots.com/buy-exploring-nature-with-children/ It comes with everything you'd need for a nature walk a week and you can print out the journal for each child. There's a few facebook groups that are awesome. Wildschooling is super helpful, it's a bunch of moms who do homeschool but outdoors. So like forest schools but for kids in elementary and middle school. Nature Preschool Ideas & Community is another great one as well. https://www.amazon.com/Outdoor-Classroom-Practice-month-month/dp/041572905X/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=erin+kenny&qid=1554420826&s=gateway&sr=8-5 Also I'm not sure where your located but Antioch University in New Hampshire actually has a masters type program specifically on Forest Kindergarten type learning. It's run by David Sobel who has some great books out on learning in nature.
   
   Something I suggest you do that I never got a chance to was visit other nature schools to get ideas on how they do things. If you have any other questions PM me! I'm super passionate about this type of learning.