Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School

Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School in Maryland, like many schools, is on a journey to create a more just, equitable learning community for their students and families. Hear from the school's director, Lesley Romanoff, to learn more about Takoma Park's story.

Location

Takoma Park, MD

Aventuras Forest School

Aventuras Forest School is a 100% outdoors, Spanish-language immersion forest school set primarily in public parks in Los Angeles. Learn more about the program from the school’s founder, Pilar Gonzalez.

Location

Los Angeles, CA

Diona Reese Williams

Diona Reese Williams is an Early Childhood Education Professor at a tribal college in Arizona, an active member of the Arizona Association for Environmental Education (AAEE), the owner and founder of Out Back Learning LLC, and the creator of the podcast, Black in Nature. In our July Member Spotlight, we learn more about Diona, her home-based nature preschool, and her goals for early childhood education in Arizona.

Location

Prescott, AZ

Frazer Center's Child Development Program

The Frazer Center’s Child Development Program places inclusion at the heart of its mission. Nestled in an old-growth forest in the heart of Atlanta, Frazer Center is on a journey to develop a forest-based curriculum that would give more children in Atlanta the opportunity to experience the natural world.

Location

Atlanta, GA

The Planet Discovery Centre

Learn about The Planet Discovery Centre, a nature-based program in Gujarat, India. At The Planet, children learn to care for themselves and the world around them, building a foundation for lifelong environmental literacy.

Location

Gujarat, India

Brooklyn Park Nature Preschool

Brooklyn Park Nature Preschool sets equity and inclusion as one of their primary program goals. Nearly 40% of students enrolled are children of color and 15% of families receive some form of financial aid. Read their Member Spotlight to learn how they approach equity and inclusion and what advice they have for other nature preschools.

Location

Brooklyn Park, MN

Volume 7, Number 1

In this issue, read about knowledge-making and early childhood environmental education; ecological sense-making; decolonial water stories and affective pedagogies; materialism within children's everyday encounters and narratives in a nature-based program; and more.

Resource Type

  • Journal
  • Research

Parent Infant Center

This NAEYC-accredited, West Philadelphia program connects children to nature rain or shine and helps other Philadelphia educators incorporate outdoor play and learning into their own programs.

Location

Philadelphia, PA

Volume 6, Number 2

Articles in this issue include topics on a crossroads between teacher training and nature-based learning; the nature and nurture of resilience; picture books as ecoliteracy enhancements; an investigation into nature-related routines and preschool children's affinity to nature; the case for nature connectedness as a goal on early childhood education; diverse representations of children in nature inspired books; and more.

Resource Type

  • Journal
  • Research
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