In this issue of Volume 12, read articles covering nature connectedness, nature playgardens and learning environments, Indigenous education in early childhood, nature attachment theory, and more.
Preschools in which children play and learn outside for the majority of the school day—called nature preschools—are continuing to rapidly expand across the United States, according to Natural Start’s newest report, Nature Preschools in the United States: 2022 Survey.
The Natural Start Alliance in collaboration with the Children and Nature Network, offer valuable evidence and practice-based information to make the case for affirming the voices, experiences and cultural ways of knowing of our youngest participants in nature-based education in this webinar. Recording available.
For years, Professor Julie Ernst at the University of Minnesota Duluth has been exploring how nature preschools affect children's curiosity, creativity, executive function skills, and more. In this forum, Julie shares her research and tools she has developed that help make the case for nature-based education.
Join authors, Dr. Claire Warden and Dr. Rachel Larimore of Reimagining The Role of Teachers in Nature-Based Learning: Helping Children be Curious, Confident, and Caring, to learn how educators can identify and embody their many roles when implementing nature-based strategies.
In this issue of Volume 2, articles cover formative learning and later environmental advocacy and actions; preschool teachers' perceptions of nature; factors associated with nature connection; a book and resource list; and more.
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.
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!
