1KHO 42: School Outside All Day?! Learn More About Forest Kindergarten | Lida Lawrence, The Waldorf School of Baltimore | The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast S3 E15

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever heard of Forest Schools, but weren't really sure how they worked? Join me and Forest Kindergarten teacher, Lida Lawrence, as we explore how The Waldorf School of Baltimore transitioned nearly two years ago to full day, outdoor Forest Kindergarten. We discuss how primarily 'indoor' activities like art and reading, and even eating lunch, translate out-of-doors, and you'll get a glimpse of a typical day for Lida and her students. The extra year of play-based learning in a setting like this, coupled with the delay in formal academics is truly a gift for these children. You can learn more about the school at www.waldorfschoolofbaltimore.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside Podcast. My name is Jenny Hurich and I am the
0:06.4	founder of the 1000 Hours Outside Movement. Here today we have Lyda
0:12.3	Lawrence.
0:13.0	She is a forest kindergarten lead teacher.
0:17.0	And so we're so excited to have you here today, Lyda, thanks for being here.
0:22.0	Thanks for being here.
0:28.1	Thanks for having me, Jenny. I'm so excited to be here with you and talk to all your listeners a little bit about Forest kindergarten and
0:32.0	Walerof education and just getting children outside.
0:36.0	Yeah, that's an interesting thing because in other countries,
0:40.0	forest kindergarten is the norm. And here in the states it is not the
0:45.4	norm it's very rare and so I know that families will just I think they're
0:50.7	intrigued by it so they're gonna love to hear you know more about what you
0:54.6	guys are doing in Maryland.
0:56.2	So let me read a little bit about you.
0:58.4	You've been working as an elementary childhood teacher for 16 years, the last eight of them at the Waldorf School of
1:05.0	Baltimore. You've been in the Baltimore City Public Schools, Montessori programs,
1:10.0	homeschool centers, and at your own daycare. You have two sons who are
1:13.8	21 and 17 who both attended the Waldorf School of Baltimore. You guys are
1:19.3	in the education space here. Your husband is an elementary Spanish teacher and you have a
1:25.0	bachelors of art and history from University of Pennsylvania. You have micro
1:29.2	certifications for early childhood education and a Waldorf pedagogy program, a childhood
1:37.5	development and you've been working on a level 3 nature teaching training I
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