Roots & Rainboots Nature Co.
Evidence and practice from the field — research-grounded writing on nature-based early childhood education, regulation-first pedagogy, and outdoor facilitation.
Policy & Practice
HHS has proposed eliminating federal standards on ratios, group sizes, and staff qualifications. Public comment is open through October 6.
Policy & Practice
School readiness frameworks measure outcomes. They rarely ask what makes those outcomes possible. The answer is regulation — and it is mostly acquired outdoors.
Professional Development
The barrier to nature-based learning in early childhood programs isn't access to green space. It's the adult in the middle — and what they haven't been taught.
Forest School Practice
One of the oldest practices in nature education. Here's the science behind why it works — and how to use it with children ages 2–5.
Place-Based Education
What happens when you build curriculum from a real place — one ecosystem, one season, one shoreline. The origin story of Roots & Rainboots.
Evidence & Practice
What the research says about nature-based intervention for neurodivergent children — and why regulation-first outdoor pedagogy works across every nervous system type.