Burlington Little School students Jackson Avey (left) and Iver Light, both 4, play in one of the school's natural activity areas. Photo by Frank Varga
An ambitious volunteer project at Burlington Little School is based on a simple — some would say sad — fact of life for today’s children.
They aren’t getting outside enough anymore.
Jump-started by a $10,000 “seed grant” from the Arbor Day Foundation, the school is turning its one-acre yard into an outdoor classroom, which will someday have natural climbing areas, large homemade musical instruments made of found objects, and maybe even a water feature.
