KATE Middleton beamed on a visit to Denmark forest nursery school to encourage kids to get outside.
The Duchess of Cambridge cut a casual figure in a winter turtle-neck jumper as she chopped wood with the youngsters.
She visited the Forest Kindergarten as part of a fact finding mission to better understand the country’s world-leading approach to the early years development of children.
Kate heard about the school’s approach to learning – which focuses on social and emotional development – and discussed the role of nature in education.
The outdoors is widely recognised as having huge benefits for children’s mental health and wellbeing – and is something Kate has championed through her own work.
The two-day visit is also paying tribute to the historic ties Britain shares with Denmark.
And it celebrates the countries’ joint jubilees – the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and the Golden Jubilee of Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II, both of which fall in 2022.
Denmark’s monarch will greet her guest later, along with her daughter-in-law, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, at Christian IX’s Palace in Copenhagen later.
Kate and Mary, who have met a number of times in the UK and Denmark, will also visit the Danner Crisis Centre.
The shelter helps women and children who have been exposed to domestic violence and is supported by the Mary Foundation, founded by the Crown Princess in 2007.
