School's Out: Lessons from a Forest Kindergarten

No classroom for these kindergarteners. In Switzerland's Langnau am Albis, a suburb of Zurich, children 4 to 7 years of age, go to kindergarten in the woods every day, no matter what the weatherman says. The filmmakers follow the forest kindergarten through the seasons of one school year to make their documentary film 'School's Out: Lessons from a Forest Kindergarten'. This eye-opening film looks into the important question of what it is that children need at that age. There is laughter, beauty and amazement in the process of finding out.

Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
36 mins
Status
Finished
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Type
Movie
Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
36 mins
Status
Finished
Start Date
Feb 10, 2013
Season
2013
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0
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0
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Producers
Linden Tree Films
Genres
Documentary
Country
United States

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No classroom for these kindergarteners. In Switzerland's Langnau am Albis, a suburb of Zurich, children 4 to 7 years of age, go to kindergarten in the woods every day, no matter what the weatherman says. The filmmakers follow the forest kindergarten through the seasons of one school year to make their documentary film 'School's Out: Lessons from a Forest Kindergarten'. This eye-opening film looks into the important question of what it is that children need at that age. There is laughter, beauty and amazement in the process of finding out.

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Japanese

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