PNRR, funds for outdoor teaching

Originally from Northern European countries, Outdoor education is also seeing rapid diffusion in Italy. It is a very current proposal considering the lifestyles “imposed” by the recent pandemic. The term Outdoor education includes a great variety of experiences that can be carried out in environments outside schools, in equipped green areas and in urban green spaces. The main activities are sensory paths, educational gardens and outdoor classrooms, all activities that can be enjoyed both during school time and during free time with families.

are precious play – motor – educational systems for living so-called “totalizing” experiences in which children completely immerse themselves in a multisensory situation based on the individual interests and needs of the moment.

Children notice things outdoors that they would be unlikely to notice indoors. Often in a monotonous environment, such as a classroom, a child has very short attention spans: after about ten minutes he is already tired. Outdoors his attention improves and can last a very long time. The equipment included in Legnolandia’s sensory paths has been designed to accompany users on a fun, attentive and aware journey  in search of forgotten sensations . Contact with nature is constant thanks to the material with which the path is built:  wood , the most renewable and natural raw material in the world. The routes are inclusive  as they allow use by all users, regardless of their abilities. Particular attention is given to practicability and the inclusion of equipment that facilitates use by both children and adults, without age limits.

are ideal for play, manual skills and learning through nature.
These systems allow you to learn in a cooperative and inclusive way, taking on responsibility for caring for the environment and the ecosystem, with positive and rewarding emotional impacts. The care of these spaces can also encourage the involvement of parents and volunteers, strengthening the role of the administration in the community. These equipment are suitable for any open air space such as municipal areas, schools, public areas. Educational garden equipment offers children multiple benefits such as cooperation, sensory development, a sense of responsibility and satisfaction, nutritional education, manual skills, experimentation with natural cycles, socialization and integration. Public spaces also benefit from redevelopment, life and urban decoration.

allow safe, clean, inclusive, affective activities, in continuous and constant harmony with the territory.
Today the new educational schemes invite us to rethink the spaces intended for teaching by going beyond the physical confines of the classrooms, thanks to external areas where lessons can be held. The environment, the territory, the greenery and nature thus become co-protagonists of the children’s educational process in continuity with classroom learning. Thanks to outdoor teaching facilities, everyone can achieve the required objectives and learning benefits from emotional positivity. Outdoor school also reduces children’s school stress and improves their psychophysical well-being. The spaces can be organized by taking advantage of the shade of the trees, or with special structures without walls that shade the children’s places. The “classrooms in nature” can be integrated with sensory paths, educational gardens, skills paths to fully exploit the potential of outdoor learning.

The equipment proposed is “PLASTIC FREE” and oversized to resist for a long time in the external environment thanks to the use of long-lasting wood essences. Production takes place using exclusively energy obtained from renewable sources (sun, water, biomass) and raw materials obtained at zero kilometer in compliance with the Minimum Environmental Criteria (CAM – GPP). The use of wooden equipment, a material capable of storing carbon inside, guarantees a tangible and real reduction in CO2 emissions.