Girls Who Play In Dirt End Up Healthier According to Researcher

April showers…bring lots of April mud. Here’s an interesting article from last year about the benefits of playing in the mud. Link to article

Children and Nature Saratoga Supports Complete Streets

The Complete Streets policy is a culminating document developed by the citizen action group Shared Access with a focus on improving pedestrian and bicycle transportation infrastructure in the City of Saratoga Springs. On Tuesday, April 17, it was brought to…continue reading

Come Out and Play: Time to experience spring in Saratoga

Come Out and Play: Time to experience spring in Saratoga
By ALLI SCHWEIZER For the Saratogian

Saratoga Spring.

No, I didn’t forget the “s.” After months of cold, brown surroundings, the spring season is beginning to breathe new life…continue reading

The Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs and Children and Nature Present Mother Nature’s Child

The Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs and Children and Nature Saratoga have teamed up to present a film and panel discussion around the film “Mother Nature’s Child: Growing Outdoors in the Media Age.“  Mother Nature’s Child explores nature’s powerful role…continue reading

Come out and play — there’s no app for fresh air

By MARGO OLSON AND J EVA NAGEL

This is the first in a series of columns from the Children and Nature Saratoga Steering Committee, an all–volunteer organization dedicated to the importance of outdoor experiences for children and the community.

SARATOGA…continue reading