Looking for ways to unplug young children from electronics and get them to tune in to the outdoors? Want some healthy activities and educational opportunities to explore in nature, plus social interaction for kids and parents alike? Anneslie resident Kerri Cohen has an answer: Free Forest School.

While Earth Day on April 22 serves as a good reminder that the planet needs to intensify its fight against climate change, here are some creative ways Seattle-area people have found to try and make every day Earth Day.

It can seem herculean to get the little ones out. Even Fido. But everyone can learn to flourish.

Kids need more outdoor playtime, and one national nonprofit is helping provide families with just that.

Outdoor preschool education is a growing trend across the U.S. and Canada, but it has long been a staple of education in Germany and other European counties, said Emilian Geczi, director of Natural Start, the early childhood initiative of North American Association for Environmental Education.

From preschool programs to community-based meetups to weekly nature classes, outdoor programs are increasing in popularity. And it isn't just kids who are reaping the rewards.

What was happening was more than kids running wild — it was kids, by design, doing nothing. Unprescribed play in nature. They were free to get snowy, free to hang on trees, free to turn their discoveries on the earth’s floor into whatever, all with the few adults present purposefully hands-off.