<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Wild Wonders Play School]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wild Wonders]]></description><link>https://www.wildwondersplayschool.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 23:25:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.wildwondersplayschool.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Learning Without Walls: The Benefits of Time Outdoors for Early Childhood Development]]></title><description><![CDATA[Imagine a child at school, learning about ways to respond to emotions such as anger, sadness, and frustration. Let me guess - you imagined a classroom with four walls. I'll go even further to guess that most likely, you imagined a teacher at the front of a room or head of a circle. Maybe the teacher is showing pictures of different faces with emotions and discussing how to use their words with friends instead of pushing or hitting. Now, imagine a child outdoors. And I'll assume your mind...]]></description><link>https://www.wildwondersplayschool.com/post/learning-without-walls-the-benefits-of-time-outdoors-for-early-childhood-development</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dccaec43e56f31777023f2</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:28:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/daf724_2b832437035a454ebc708c8406d373e8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Samantha Snow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kindergarten Readiness Through Play]]></title><description><![CDATA[Can Play Really Prepare my Child for Kindergarten? For parents just diving into the play-based preschool world, this is always a top concern, and a valid one. The last thing any parent wants is for their child to be "behind" or to struggle compared to their peers. This is why a lot of early childhood education programs use playful activities over play . They continue to give into the pressure of teaching 3 and 4-year-olds letter tracing, names of letters, and drill them on counting or shapes....]]></description><link>https://www.wildwondersplayschool.com/post/kindergarten-readiness-through-play</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d4dcf874eeae096e509545</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:02:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/daf724_499cfba186c94339a631266b2260aabc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_952,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Samantha Snow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How True Play Differs from Playful Activities]]></title><description><![CDATA[When you visit our website, you'll notice that the first title we give our program is truly play-based. I added the word "truly" because our program differs greatly from the hundreds that now claim they are play-based. Yes, many of those programs use fun in their activities and allow children time for hands-on learning, but that doesn't make it play. At Wild Wonders, we consider play to be intrinsically motivated, self-chosen, and child-directed. We want a child to decide - I want to do this,...]]></description><link>https://www.wildwondersplayschool.com/post/how-true-play-differs-from-playful-activities</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d3f01911b9dfb4baa56258</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:19:44 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Samantha Snow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome to Wild Wonders: Where Learning Looks Like Childhood]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I opened Wild Wonders Play School, I had one simple hope: to create a space where children could just be children - free to explore, to play, to get messy, and to grow in their own way, at their own pace. I didn’t set out to build a program full of Pinterest-perfect activities or rigid academic milestones that are simply not developmentally appropriate. What I care about most is honoring the real work of early childhood - the digging, the running, the observing, the negotiating, the...]]></description><link>https://www.wildwondersplayschool.com/post/welcome-to-wild-wonders-where-learning-looks-like-childhood</link><guid isPermaLink="false">686eb88ac0e95558db2934ab</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:31:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/daf724_c041bd4e71d349fab958cb20baaaa38b~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Samantha Snow</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>