Field Trip to the Muddy River

Today was an exciting experience for our fellow kindergartners as they went on a field trip to Boston's very own Muddy River. Don't be fooled by it's name but Muddy River is one of the well-known natural sites that offers a wide range of trees, plants and living creatures. The field trip was intended for the children to explore more on this month's curriculum theme - nature. A total of 24 children and 4 adults (2 teachers and 2 parents) went to the Muddy River in hopes of obtaining knowledge and a better understanding about the natural world.

The Muddy River

*A photo album is available at the school if you wish to see more pictures of the field trip

Bringing the children outdoors has its benefits and WP believes that outdoors is a wonderful place for both children and adults. Outdoors such as parks, beaches, gardens and even the Muddy River offers beautiful sceneries and countless opportunities for children and adults to learn and discover new things that they have never knew before! On top of that, outdoors is also a great place for children and adults to spend quality time together or even just to hang around for a breathe of fresh air.

Speaking of outdoors, it certainly has a lot of benefits for the young ones. Firstly, children are undeniably curious about the world outside and by bringing them outdoors, we are somehow encouraging and answering their curiosity. Secondly, as they learn more about nature, we are fostering a sense of stewardship in them, which is an attitude or a strong responsibility of taking care of the earth. For WP, we feel that this is definitely useful as it encourages children to appreciate mother earth, as well as its resources, better.

Next, outdoors always involves the children to move around, thus, bringing them out will help to develop on their physical activity as well as body movement skills. In addition, according to research, outdoor play is known to increase the children's metabolic rates, which means that they are likely to have a better digestive system and an increase in the intake of food. This is especially helpful since children are still growing and having them can lead to a healthy growth.

Finally, last but not least, bringing the children outdoors is beneficial as it can help to reduce signs of challenging behaviors or any behavioral problems that you may face. As outdoors provide children with interesting and new things for them to observe and learn with, they will be more positively engaged and from there, perform better in school.

So what are you waiting for? Let's all go out!

Regards,

WP