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Denmark's Forest Kindergartens

SBS Dateline · documentary · Watch on YouTube

Education & learningSocial issues & culture

What it is

An SBS Dateline short documentary on Danish forest kindergartens, where children play freely outdoors, climb trees and use knives with little adult intervention.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a concise look at the culture behind outdoor kindergartens in threads on parenting and education.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “And a small documentary”

    Small documentary on Danish outdoor kindergartens

    Symbiote, 2017-12 · Recommendation · in “German Kindergarten Campouts Test Helicopter Parents (2015)”

  2. “Here is also a nice short (11 mins) documentary about a kindergarten in Denmark”

    Nice short documentary about a Danish kindergarten

    Mashimo, 2018-02 · Recommendation · in “Achtung Baby by Sara Zaske, Reviewed”

  3. “This is a very concise (11:32) video that goes over some of the culture and thinking around outdoor kindergartens.”

    Concise, informative look at culture behind outdoor kindergartens

    IMAYousaf, 2019-09 · Recommendation · in “Outdoor Preschools”

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Topics: forest school, denmark, early education, parenting, free play

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