Join us on January 21 at 12pm ET for a webinar with Claire Underwood sharing national study insights and practical strategies for how nature-based early learning programs are adapting to climate-related challenges.
Authored by Joan Lombardi and Lauren Simmons, this article analyzes climate change's impact on young children and the equally significant transformative potential of child-centered, climate-sensitive strategies.
Join the Natural Start Graduate Student Network for a dynamic and thought-provoking research roundtable on Monday, June 16 at 11 am ET, showcasing graduate students' emerging research in nature-based learning.
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.
