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Carousel is fortunate to have large outdoor spaces for children that are surrounded by trees, grass and nature. In our Outdoor Classroom we have furniture, props and materials that reflect the outdoors and nature. We add various materials to those nature items: paint colors that reflect what the children would find in colors of nature, art materials, math materials, water play materials, planting materials, etc., so the children can have fun learning and creating a variety of things that will reflect some form of nature. How wonderful it is for young children to be able to create a painting of trees when trees are right in front of them; to create an object using blocks that were cut from trees; to use large shells to play in the sand; and to learn a new way of planting lettuce in a large bag! In addition to the education children will receive in our Outdoor Classroom, our children’s garden is created by and for the children. Our children’s garden is a place where children learn how vegetables and flowers grow because they grow and maintain them from seeds, learning what their needs are, and monitoring their growth right here in their own garden.