{"id":1888,"date":"2015-06-12T14:52:33","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T14:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/?p=1888"},"modified":"2016-10-07T15:35:10","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T15:35:10","slug":"new-report-confirms-kids-should-spend-more-time-outdoors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/en\/new-report-confirms-kids-should-spend-more-time-outdoors\/","title":{"rendered":"New Report Confirms Kids Should Spend More Time Outdoors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Participaction746x384_C.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1889\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Participaction746x384_C-640x329.jpg\" alt=\"Participaction746x384_C\" width=\"640\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Participaction746x384_C-640x329.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Participaction746x384_C.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The newly released report provides clear evidence that kids are spending too much time learning indoors. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.participaction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-Report-Card-Highlight-Report-EN-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">2015 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth<\/a>, gives Canadian schools a C- grade and clearly shows that along with other sectors, schools can play a leadership role in encouraging outdoor learning, creative and risky play all of which are opportunities for healthy child development.<\/p>\n<p>In May, CWF was pleased to be the presenting partner for international researcher Tim Gill, author of <em>No Fear: Growing Up in a Risk Averse Society<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/cwf-fcf.org\/en\/do-something\/events\/tim-gill-a-cross-canada.html\">Canadian speaking tour<\/a> that encouraged discussion of the benefits of outdoor play. The tour coincided with the release of the <a href=\"http:\/\/cwf-fcf.org\/en\/about-cwf\/news-press\/releases-1\/2015\/helsinki-alert.html\">Helsinki report<\/a> that confirms natural environments boost our physical, mental health &amp; cognitive functions.<\/p>\n<p>CWF offers many <a href=\"http:\/\/cwf-fcf.org\/en\/explore-our-work\/education\/programs\/\">programs<\/a> that make connecting with wildlife and nature easy and fun. Check out CWF\u2019s new <a href=\"http:\/\/cwf-fcf.org\/en\/explore-our-work\/education\/programs\/wild-family-nature-club\/\">Wild Family Nature Clubs<\/a> that provide great opportunities for kids and families to learn and play outdoors. If you are an educator, <a href=\"http:\/\/cwf-fcf.org\/en\/explore-our-work\/education\/programs\/for-educators\/\">sign up for one of CWF\u2019s Wild Education workshops here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-excerpt\">The newly released report provides clear evidence that kids are spending too much time learning indoors. The 2015 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth, gives Canadian&hellip;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[631],"tags":[621,666],"class_list":["post-1888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connect-with-nature","tag-education-2","tag-wild-family-nature-club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1890,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1888\/revisions\/1890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}