Create an outdoor learning program for young children. Transform outdoor spaces into learning environments where children can enjoy a full range of activities as they spend quality time in nature. This book is filled with guidance to help you plan, design, and create an outdoor learning program that is a rich, thoughtfully equipped, natural extension of your indoor curriculum. Loaded with practical and creative ideas, it also includes information to help you: (1) Understand how outdoor classrooms benefits children's learning and development; (2) Collaborate with other teachers, administrators, and families to make your outdoor classroom a reality; (3) Create development and action plans to strategize and implement changes; and (4) Evaluate your outdoor environment, program, and practices. "Cultivating Outdoor Classrooms" promotes the idea that if you can do it indoors, you can probably do it outside as well.