Resources
Below is a non-comprehensive list of resources for families, teachers, and caregivers who want to learn more about how they can get children outside. Many of our non-profit, private sector, and school partners also dedicate their time, resources, and expertise to providing opportunities that connect children and the outdoors.
Department of Natural Resources
- DNR Natural Resources Education
- DNR Nature Play
- DNR Nature in Your Classroom
- How to Teach Outside
- School Forests in Minnesota
- DNR I Can! - Outdoor Skills Programs for Beginners
- Junior Ranger Program
- State Parks and Trails Events Calendar
- Fishing in the Neighborhood
- Bird by Bird Program
- State Park Library Program
- No Child Left Inside Grants
- MDE Outdoor and Nature-Based Learning
- MDE Early Childhood Outdoor Learning Booklet
- MDE Outdoor Nature - Based Learning Programs
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- Active Transportation
- Children's Environmental Health
- MDH Wellbeing and Climate Change
- Nature and Mental Health
- Safe Routes to Schools
- Statewide Health Improvement Program