Denmark's Forest Kindergartens

SBS Dateline · 1.6M views · 2016-02-24 · 11:33

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An SBS Dateline short documentary on Danish forest kindergartens, where children play freely outdoors, climb trees and use knives with little adult intervention.

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Recommended as a concise look at the culture behind outdoor kindergartens in threads on parenting and education.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2017–2021

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Education & learning Social issues & culture

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IMAYousaf · 2019-09 · Recommendation
Hi everyone. This is a very concise (11:32) video that goes over some of the culture and thinking around outdoor kindergartens. I believe that it is quite informative: [VIDEO] I believe that the best part about these schools is that early on they explicitly teach teamwork and understanding limits. It's quite shocking culturally seeing kids whittling with sharp knives and climbing rather precarious trees but it seems to work well.
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Mashimo · 2018-02 · Recommendation
Here is also a nice short (11 mins) documentary about a kindergarten in Denmark, also from CBS Dateline. [VIDEO]
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Symbiote · 2017-12 · Recommendation
They're also very popular in Denmark, and the rest of Scandinavia. Description in English: [LINK] And a small documentary: [VIDEO] An equally significant difference for me, coming from the UK, is that there are men working in childcare. My window overlooks a street where a lot of nursery and primary school groups walk past on their way to the park, and my guess is half the adults are men. I was 9 years old in England when I first had a male teacher.
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