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[quote=Anonymous]OP here- so I don't live in Northern VA anymore so we are elsewhere in VA but they went out to different spots weekly where sometimes there is no toilet available.  They would go off a little distance away to use the bathroom.  Having spoken with other parents, it seems like my child is the one that had the biggest issue with it.  He struggled to potty train but is making good progress now.  It's extremely common in preschool children who get nervous pooping, so it's possible it would have happened in another setting as well.  I honestly didn't see any other children bothered by it.  Like I said, mine is a little immature.  I think if we had prepared him months in advance like most parents, perhaps it wouldn't have been an issue. As it was, we had 1 week in between pulling him from his old daycare, potty-training (mostly over a weekend) and then sending him Tuesday for school.....it was wild!! We decided last minute to pursue this as his old daycare refused to take ANY covid precautions that would practically mitigate spread and he has asthma.  We lost his Grandma suddenly, came into some money and decided that it was necessary to spend extra money to keep him safe this year so it all happened in a whirlwind situation.

They got hike in the forest in the winter, enjoy a warm fire and hear stories, create elaborate imaginative scenes in nature, play in meadows with the blue ridge mountains behind them, make forts in the fall leaves, jump and explore beautiful mountain creeks, lakes, and learn how to catch newts, butterfly's and be confident and excited to learn about them. They learned about regulating their emotions in nature (btw, lots of studies show the SEL benefits of repeated exposure to nature play), climb areas that maybe they would have nervous about previously but learned to trust their own skills and there was this sense of calm when they played.  There were excited squeals and talking about things but they were all so intent about their "work" and honestly, it was really cool to see.

TBH, I would never have pursued this due to the scheduling challenges but if thats not a major conflict, I'd recommend something like this. [/quote]

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