Essentials Magazine Essentials Fall 2017 | Page 34

Go
Outside
to Learn:
BY LOREN JOHNSON
AND ROBIN RANDALL
The Value of Outdoor
Learning Environments
T
ake them outside to learn!
There is ample data that show
just stepping outside activates
our senses. The human animal evolved
in the outdoor environment so it follows
our bodies would be biophysically
reactive to patterns and signals that
the outdoor environment provides. We
naturally, unconsciously, react, absorb
and relax.