Get to know Natural Start member, Limes Smiles for Miles Inc, a program dedicated to providing safe, outdoor-based early intervention childcare services to low-income families with children ages 3 to 5 diagnosed with Autism and Down Syndrome.
In this volume, read articles on climate change education in early childhood classrooms; the role of materiality in pre-primary children's land art; a community of practice approach for supporting early childhood educators; Indigenous perspectives in children's literature; and more.
Get to know Natural Start member, Common Ground, and learn more about their NatureYear program, a nature-based enrichment program that serves students ages 5-14+ in New Haven, CT.
Natural Start Member, Honeypot Montessori, is a nature- and place-based urban preschool in the Greater Newark Area that provides joyful outdoor learning opportunities for Black and Brown children.
Read about the effect of interdisciplinary and sensory-based programs on preschool children's acquisition of the concepts of living and non-living things; Indigenous knowledge sharing and botanical literacies in early childhood education; journey to reconceptualization of children in nature; books and resources all about worms!
Get to know Natural Start member, Community Connections for Children, a non-profit in Pennsylvania providing free nature play training to early childhood educators.
Notchcliff Forest Preschool and Forest Kinder Co-op are nature programs offered by the Eastern Region of Forest and Nature Schools (ERAFANS) that, like most other nature-based programs, have adapted to serve families and children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Imua Inclusion Preschool is a place-based preschool on the Hawaiian Island of Maui, where every child’s social, emotional, physical, and educational needs are met through individualized instruction.
