TY - JOUR AU - Bartnæs, Pernille AU - Myrstad, Anne PY - 2022/01/06 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Knowing-with-snow in an outdoor kindergarten JF - Journal for Research in Arts and Sports Education JA - JASEd VL - 6 IS - 1 SE - Forskningsartikler DO - 10.23865/jased.v6.3012 UR - https://jased.net/index.php/jased/article/view/3012 SP - AB - <p>This article highlights how reciprocal relationships between children and the environment can contribute to exploring understanding of children’s learning in the outdoor environment. We draw on data from a kindergarten in the northern part of Norway, where we have carried out fieldwork three hours a week from October to mid-May. During this period, the outdoor area was covered with snow of varying qualities. Snow and weather conditions are included as elements in a relational understanding, in which the environment is understood as open and dynamic – an interaction between past and present, between geography, materiality, people and the ‘more-than-human’. The learner and the environment are understood as an indivisible process, where different elements exercise a reciprocal influence on each other. Using Ingold’s concept of correspondence, we explore how children learn by being within and with the world. The article is a contribution to creating a nuanced understanding of children’s learning and the educator’s role within an outdoor environment in kindergarten practice.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p> ER -