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Kathy Kinsner is Senior Manager of Parenting Resources at ZERO TO THREE.Kathy is passionate about early literacy and equity…
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- It Invites Children to Learn Science
- It Creates Opportunities For Social Interaction and Collaboration
- It Promotes Physical Health
- It Invites New Contexts For Learning
- It Promotes Better Sleep
- It Gives Children A Chance to Take Appropriate Risks
- It May Lead to Better Learning Outcomes Once Children Return to Other Activities
- It Supports Stem Skills
- It Anchors Children to The Real World
As seen in the opening vignette, you don’t have to plan for science lessons when you take young children outside. Children are natural explorers and discoverers, and you can bring whatever interests them back to your early childhood setting for further exploration. By turning their questions into group inquiry projects, you’ll soon have several sta...
One-on-one interactions, like the conversation between Aisha and Marissa in the vignette, help build a foundation for future teacher relationships that will occur when children enter school. Marissa’s interest and delight in Aisha’s discovery reinforce Aisha’s knowledge that she’s important and her ideas matter. Outdoor play also provides a chance ...
The obesity rate for US children ages 2 to 5 is 14 percent, and it rises to over 40 percent for middle-aged adults, leading to an increased risk of health problems like diabetes and heart disease (Hales et al. 2017). That’s one reason why the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends a “prescription for play” at every well-child visit through age 2...
You can use outdoor spaces to create intentional learning activities that are difficult to execute inside. There’s great value in looking at books about nature in the shade of a tree, pouring (and splashing!) water at an outdoor water table, building extra large structures in the sandbox or mud, collecting leaves, watching a parade of ants, and pla...
A study of 2- to 5-year-olds showed that children who play outdoors sleep better at night (Deziel 2017). This may be due to the physical activity, stress reduction, and exposure to natural light that come with playing outdoors (Coyle 2011). You may want to share this information with families—a tired, happy child is one who sleeps well!
Toddlers are all about challenging themselves to do new and difficult things—pet a dog, climb some stairs, venture a little farther away from a caregiver and then return. Playing outside provides opportunities to run faster, climb higher, jump farther, and more—all under the watchful eye of a caring adult.
Research shows that older children are more attentive and productive in the classroom when recess—indoors or outdoors—is part of the school day (Council on School Health 2013). If older children need a brain break, it follows that younger ones do too.
Remember making mud pies and forts when you were a child? The outdoors is the perfect place for big (and messy) projects that support STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) skills, such as building, sand and water play, and investigations of the natural world. Almost any indoor activity can be brought outside for further explorati...
Talking with a child about an illustration of a bird in a picture book is good, but sharing the book and the experience in the real world is even better: “I wonder what that robin is looking for in the grass? Oh, look! It got a worm!” Children develop more comprehensive knowledge about their world when they have a chance to watch, observe, predict,...
Jan 31, 2020 · Kathy Kinsner, MEd, is ZERO TO THREE’s senior manager of parenting resources. She has worked as a teacher, a kids’ TV producer (3 Emmys and an NAACP Image Award), and a creator of educational materials for parents, teachers, and children.
Kathy Kinsner, MS Ed, has been a reading specialist, an Emmy-winning producer on the PBS series Reading Rainbow, and the person in charge of curriculum development at non-profit Roads to Success.
Kathy Kinsner has led ZERO TO THREE's grandparenting initiative for the last five years, focusing on the unique needs of grandparents caring for grandchildren under five.
Kathy Kinsner, MS, Ed, is the senior manager of parent resources at ZERO TO THREE. She has 4 decades of experience as an educator and producer of nonfiction media for parents, teachers, and children.
