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In Bloom in Maine: Promising Practices in Nature-Based Early Childhood Education
Kittery Community Center
Eyes of the World Discovery Center
Kittery, ME
Nature preschools and forest kindergartens have flourished in Scandinavia, the United Kingdom and Europe since the 1960s. In the last few decades they’ve started to take root throughout New England. Public school kindergartens in Vermont are spending one full day a week in the deep woods on Forest Fridays. Children climb trees, make mudpies, whittle sticks, take care of animals AND expand their vocabularies, do real math, conduct investigations and develop resilience in nature-based programs. Come to one of Antioch New England's 2016 In Bloom conferences and learn from cutting edge educators who are redefining what’s possible in early childhood education. Early Childhood Project Learning Tree AND Growing Up WILD (Pre-K-2)
Discovery Gateway Children's Museum
Salt Lake City, UT
Join USEE for this upcoming early childhood workshop in Salt Lake City! We provide participants with ideas and resources to integrate environmental education into your program. Eligible for USOE credit/relicensure hours! Teacher Feedback Session: K-2 Aquaculture Unit
UMaine Cooperative Extension office in Lisbon or University of Maine, Orono
ME
K-2 educators, formal classroom teachers or informal providers, join us for an afternoon of professional development and help us with your expertise with K-2 students. UMaine Extension and Maine EPSCoR are creating lessons that help bring local, Maine research to your classroom. We’ve drafted multiple lessons about aquaculture in Maine, geared towards K-2 and we need your help. Try some of the activities with us (and other educators from around the state) and provide us with your feedback - what do you like, what do you not like, what would you really use in YOUR classroom? Engage in conversation with other educators about how these Maine STEM activities can apply in your own classrooms. Get new ideas for STEM education in your classroom, support emerging research from your University and…. we’ll provide a $50 stipend plus reimburse mileage for your travel.
When: February 17th, 1-4 pm (snow date February 18th).
Where: UMaine Cooperative Extension office in Lisbon or University of Maine, Orono. These two sites will be video-conferenced together so pick the one closest to you!
How: Sign up online, or call Jessy Brainerd at 207-581-3877. Maine GROWING UP WILD Workshop in Falmouth
Falmouth, ME
GROWING UP WILD is an early childhood (pre-K-7) education program that builds on children’s sense of wonder about nature and invites them to explore wildlife and the world around them. Participants at the workshop will receive the Growing Up WILD activity guide, along with a variety of wildlife and conservation posters, publication and handouts. Growing Up Wild is sponsored by the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. projectwild.org/GrowingUpWILD.htm Maine GROWING UP WILD Workshop at Unity
Unity, ME
GROWING UP WILD is an early childhood (pre-K-7) education program that builds on children’s sense of wonder about nature and invites them to explore wildlife and the world around them. Participants at the workshop will receive the Growing Up WILD activity guide, along with a variety of wildlife and conservation posters, publication and handouts. Growing Up Wild is sponsored by the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. projectwild.org/GrowingUpWILD.htm 2015 NAEYC Annual Conference & Expo
Orlando, FL
Join us Nov 18-21 in Orlando as we celebrate the Power of the Profession and the early childhood educators who serve our nation's youngest learners. Be sure to come to the Natural Start Alliance booth (#1060) in the Exhibit Hall and meet the staff. 44th NAAEE Conference in San Diego
San Diego, CA
Sign up now for the 44th NAAEE Conference in San Diego! Diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical success factors for everyone working in the field of environmental education. This year's conference will explore ways to enrich and expand your work and workforce, along with other strategies for strengthening our field and achieving greater collective impact. You’ll have a chance to choose from hundreds of workshops, field trips, poster sessions, symposia, keynotes, presentations, and more that focus on everything from conservation education and sustainable communities to green schools, technology, leadership, and cutting-edge issues in the field--and of course, lots of early childhood sessions! Sharing Nature and Play Every Day
Falmouth, ME
This Maine Audubon workshop will run for two Thursdays: Thursday, September 24, 6:00 - 8:00 pm & Thursday, October 1, 6:00 - 8:00 pm - Price: $40 until Thursday September 17, after 9/17 its $50 The hands-on workshops for preschool educators will address challenges and obstacles to incorporating nature and play into the daily routine. Do you want to incorporate more nature and time outside into your daily classroom routine? Maine Audubon can support you in your efforts to help students engage with the natural world. Learn techniques for encouraging children to exercise their imagination, enhance their problem solving skills and explore the world around them using scientific inquiry at one of our upcoming. Hike the Headlands
Sausalito, CA
Sausalito, CA: Bring your family and friends for a day of discovery and learning in nature. Proceeds from Hike the Headlands will help us open children’s hearts and minds to the wonders of science and nature. Webinar: Nature-Based Preschools---Enhancing Early Childhood Interpretation
Join this informatiave webinar on September 15th at 10:00am Pacific/1:00pm Eastern (60 minutes), hosted by NAI and lead by Rachel Larimore (NAI Members: $35 (Retired/Volunteer/Seasonal/Student: $25) Nonmembers: $50) Nature-based preschools are a cutting-edge, highly effective, and fiscally rewarding way of building children’s lifelong connection with the natural world. This webinar will provide an overview of the concept of nature-based preschools, why it’s an effective interpretive program, discussions of current programs in operation, overview of a typical day, and examples of effective seasonally-based activities. Rachel Larimore is Director of Education at Chippewa Nature Center in Midland, Michigan and was responsible for the creation and implementation, and current supervision, of the Center’s Nature Preschool. She is also the author of the book Establishing a Nature-Based Preschool published by InterpPress. She is currently a doctoral student in the department of community sustainability at Michigan State University focusing on early childhood environmental education.Sharing Nature and Play EVERYDAY with Young Children
Falmouth, ME
This hands-on workshop for preschool educators will address challenges and obstacles to incorporating nature and play into the daily routine. Do you want to incorporate more nature and time outside into your daily classroom routine? Maine Audubon can support you in your efforts to help students engage with the natural world. Learn techniques for encouraging children to exercise their imagination, enhance their problem solving skills and explore the world around them using scientific inquiry at one of our upcoming. 4:00 - 8:00 pm Price $50 Nature-Based Preschool National Conference
Elachee Nature Science Center
Gainesville, GA
This conference is for educators and administrators who operate--or who want to operate--nature-based preschools, and allows these specialized educators to network, learn, and propel the field forward. This year's conference will be held in conjunction with the Association of Nature Center Administrators (ANCA) Annual Summit in Gainesville, GA, at the Elachee Nature Science Center and Nature Preschool Elachee, which is less than an hour from Atlanta. Educating Children Outdoors: ECO Teaching Training, Level 2
North Branch Nature Center
Montpelier, VT
This course will continue to practice and build off of the groundwork of core routines established in Level 1, as well as dive deeper into the technical field skills and pedagogy that serve as tools to enhance the outdoor learning experience. OMEP 2015 International Conference
Washington, DC
Attend the OMEP 2015 International Conference that will be held at the Omni Shoreham in Washington DC July 27-August 1. The conference theme is Early Childhood Pathways to Sustainability. On July 29th is a PlayDaze at Beauvoir, the National Cathedral Elementary School. For additional information on PlayDaze visit http://beactivekids.org/bak/Front/PlayAlliance.aspx Educating Children Outdoors:: ECO Teaching Training, Level 1
North Branch Nature Center
Montpelier, VT
Take advantage of this incredible opportunity for elementary teachers this summer in Vermont! This week-long course will introduce teachers to core routines which create the structure for an outdoor classroom experience to succeed. Through the practice of storytelling, playing, building, creating and reflecting, you will learn what it is like to have a standards-based lesson embedded in a day-long outdoor experience. 2015 Children Learning with Nature Training Institute
UC Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
The Children Learning with Nature Training Institute is a gathering of leading voices from around the world coming together to share and exchange ideas about creating spaces and places for children that are full of joy and wonder. It’s about creating great environments whether in urban settings with tiny outdoor spaces, or large rural open spaces, as well as everything in between. Beyond environments there will be great emphasis about teaching methodologies and practices. The training institute goes beyond the core concept of Children Learning with Nature, to include sessions on Research; Art; Risk Management; Mathematics; Men in Childcare; International Perspectives; and Playscape Design.
From Thursday morning, July 9, 2015 to Saturday July 11, 2015, we will return to the UC Santa Cruz campus for 3 FULL days of program. On Sunday, July 12, we will host several one-day optional Intensive Workshops, including a special Consulting with Children workshop led by Claire Warden and Paul Roberts. Early Childhood Environmental Education Facilitator training
Salt Lake City, UT
Interested in teaching any of the early childhood education workshops that USEE hosts? Join us for a comprehensive training to prepare you to be a “Project Facilitator”. Learn great facilitation skills as well as more about each of the early childhood programs USEE facilitates (Project Learning Tree and Growing up WILD). This training will better prepare you to lead discussions and activities on early childhood environmental education. Cost: Free! Nature Explore Workshops
Boston, MA
Two exciting Nature Explore workshops will be held at the Commonwealth Children's Center: Importance of Visual-Spatial Learning in the morning, and The Arts and Nature in the afternoon. Nature Explore Workshops: Importance of Visual-Spatial Learning and The Arts and Nature
Boston, MA
At this Boston workshop, explore tools for providing more authentic learning opportunities for children in both built and natural environments in the morning. Participants will also gain a deeper understanding of why visual-spatial learning is important and how the visual-spatial learner is often misunderstood. In the afternoon, discover engaging art experiences inspired by nature that help children make deeper connections with the world around them. Participants in this workshop will also experience the Look-Move-Build-Sketch planning tool that encourages multi-faceted arts exploration. Nature Preschool Institute 2015
Chippewa Nature Center’s Nature Preschool
Midlland, MI
This workshop at Chippewa Nature Center in Midland, MI will provide preschool educators the information and skills to incorporate nature-based concepts into daily preschool routines while maintaining the integrity of their best practice curriculum. Register today!! - ‹ previous
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