Ensuring that outdoor play is an integral part of your child care and education setting’s daily schedule supports early learning across all domains and unleashes a whole lot of joy—for you and for children!
As an outdoor educator and “nature elder,” Heather Taylor tells two stories that stretched her personal views of what it means to allow children to have the freedom to make their own choices as they study nature.
Schools like Tiny Trees that offer place-based education rely on the surrounding landscape to teach life skills, such as staying warm and contributing to the community.
This article describes a program that combines exploratory art experiences with intentional teaching moments and offers suggestions for how teachers can organize their own programs.
Authored by
Authored by:
X. Christine Wang, Keely Benson, Corinne Eggleston, Bin Lin
This summer, discover learning activities for the classroom and explore resources to add to your teaching toolbox and enhance your professional development.
En un entorno de clase con abundancia de lenguaje escrito, los niños pueden leer y escribir para una amplia variedad de propósitos auténticos de la vida cotidiana.
As children explore and observe nature, they become more aware of, and empathetic to, the plants and animals who share the natural world. Try these nature-based mindful activities indoors or outdoors with your tots!
