Sunday 8 January 2012

Where children thrive on an outside chance



It may be the depths of winter in Scandinavia, but children attending the increasingly popular outdoor childcare centres spend all day in the forest. They pitch tents, go hiking and make hot chocolate.

While this freewheeling approach is a far cry from the regimented system in Australia, early learning experts suggest it could be the key to why Scandinavian childcare is consistently rated the best in the world.

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