After 18 months of pandemic and confinements, this life in freedom is making new followers.
Crumble the earth between your fingers, collect the rain in a bucket, pile up chestnuts… At the P'tit Jardin, nature is the kingdom of children.
Nestled between the ring road and the Boulevard des Maréchaux, this drop-in center in the 17th arrondissement -
"which smells of the Paris Basin"
as in Dutronc's song - offers a welcome breath to urban children aged 12 months to 3 years.
About sixty walking toddlers (26 maximum per half-day) - spend more than 80% of their time outside, rain or shine.
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This grass-covered kindergarten, sheltered by two large plane trees, stands out from the enclosed and sanitized environment of most other nurseries.
It's been ten years since its director, Valérie Roy, observed that
"nature is the best teacher"
for toddlers.
Until now rare in France, this support in the great outdoors is starting to
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