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
- Active Transportation
- Children's Environmental Health
- MDH Wellbeing and Climate Change
- Nature and Mental Health
- Outdoor Air Quality Guidance for Schools and Child Care
- Safe Routes to Schools
- Statewide Health Improvement Program
My MN Outdoor Bill of Rights Resources
- Air quality: www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/asthma/schools/outdoorair
- Ticks: www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/tickborne/prevention
- Mosquitoes: www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/mosquitoborne/prevention
- Ice: www.dnr.state.mn.us/safety/ice
- Severe weather: www.health.state.mn.us/communities/environment/emergency/natural
- Swimming: https://www.childrensmn.org/educationmaterials/parents/article/18527/outdoor-water-safety/
- Heat: https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/environment/climate/extremeheat.html
- Sun: https://www.childrensmn.org/educationmaterials/parents/article/7919/sun-safety/