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Learning Without Walls: How Fern Brook Nature School Built a Business Rooted in Nature and Community

At the Fern Brook Nature School outside the village of Middleborough, Massachusetts, the rural outdoors serves as its primary classroom. It’s where the certified teaching staff encourage their preschool students to move, play and connect with others as they build confidence, independence and a sense of belonging.

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