Outdoor Learning environments (OLE) encourage diversity of children's play experience and contribute to healthy development. Plants offer a variety of experiences and discoveries by stimulating their senses, providing loose parts for creative play, and encouraging children to crawl, jump, and tunnel as they connect to the natural cycles around them.

This session will review physical, emotional, and cognitive health benefits nature has on child development and native plant species that enhance learning experiences. The plants highlighted are approved for childcare licensure and balance qualities that engage children with plant selection and care practicalities.

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