Smart Parenting: Learning from the great outdoors

The forest is my school

More parents are putting value on outdoor education and enrolling their kids in forest schools, which conduct classes like outdoor survival skills at parks and nature areas

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When Ms Sandra Aw drops her four-year-old son off to class on Saturday mornings, she knows he will return all muddy and sometimes "completely soaked".
Unlike many of his peers who head to academic enrichment on weekends, Luca attends a forest school programme with Nature Explorers School.
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