Research Suggests Profound Benefits for Children

At the core of Nature Explore Club is outdoor classroom research. Since 1998, Dimensions Educational Research Foundation has designed natural spaces, materials and activities. After observing and qualitatively measuring the resulting benefits from those spaces, they have developed convincing evidence from their ongoing research that positive, age-appropriate experiences with nature helps children develop important skills.

Other research studies from around the nation document significant benefits to children when they spend time in nature. Benefits include:

1. Better powers of observation and creativity.
2. Improved ability to concentrate among all children, even those with Attention Deficit Disorder.
3. More advanced motor skills such as coordination, balance, and agility.
4. The development of imagination and sense of wonder—motivating factors for life-long learning.

Finally, There is a Solution

While the concerns are well known, and the benefits of nature are coming to light, Nature Explore Club is at the very forefront of offering a real, research-based solution.

Providing young children the textures, smells, beauty, and wonder of nature — as they develop life-long learning skills — with Nature Explore Club.

1. Get Educator Edition
2. Get Home Edition
3. Create a Nature Explore Families’ Club
4. Watch and Listen to What Educators Say