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. But according to freelance journalist Monika Warzecha, it's not a new notion.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford showed support for resurrecting outside teaching, saying on Wednesday that "no idea is a ridiculous idea" when it comes to allowing children to return to school. That includes the use of outdoor learning "as much as possible," he said.

Toronto's High Park Forest School was built to teach children with tuberculosis, but through the years it became a summer school for underprivileged children. A successful example of outdoor education comes from the Nanook Elementary School in Iqaluit, where a "The same advantages that Kaviq outline of hands on experiential learning can absolutely be played out here. So finding ways to do it here in the city is just as likely even in the winter," she said.

 

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