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It was 8 30 a.m. on a recent Wednesday, and the Waldorf School's "forest kindergarten" was officially in session.
One Forest Kindergarten veteran, Joe Carter, 6, wrote his first ever letter in protest at the decision.
According to Forest Kindergarten founder Caroline Watts, she and her children were given permission by the Trust to roam beyond a small base-camp area.
The new forest kindergarten, which opened here in September, is an extreme version of the outdoor learning taught at more than 100 Waldorf schools, all but a handful of them private, scattered throughout the United States.
'She goes to a forest kindergarten a short cycle ride from here,' says Claudia. 'The children play outdoors for three-and-a-half hours a day - whether it is rain, hail or snow.
Forest Kindergarten, an innovative outdoor nursery established in 2014, will close its doors at Toys Hill this half-term, after the Trust ruled that its daily class of 14 young children were imperilling ancient trees and disturbing wildlife.
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Though virtually unknown in the United States, forest kindergartens are increasingly common in Scandinavia and other European countries like Germany and Austria.
She looks at forest kindergartens in Germany, therapeutic wilderness experiences in the United States, and nature initiatives in Singapore to find out how these programs began as well as how they are being studied.
In another study, Scholz and Krombholz [ 29] compared the motor performance of children from 10 forest kindergartens and from four 'regular' kindergartens, and concluded that the motor performance of the children from forest kindergartens was superior.
The students go from kindergarten to forest school, and then the forest academy where they will go on to 'graduate' and be reintroduced to wildlife.
On Wednesdays the kindergarten takes place in the forest, regardless of the weather.
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