Children have a natural affinity towards nature…dirt, water, plants and small animals attract and hold children’s attention for hours, days and even a lifetime.

This 8 hour workshop will help teachers see new ways to look at outdoor environments that foster opportunities to explore nature.

This training will include:

* hands-on activities using ideas from Growing Up Wild, a research based book of activities

* developmentally appropriate activities for teachers to use – nature in the classroom and outside – bringing inside out and outside in- with concrete connections to language and literacy, scientific inquiry, math and health

* guest speakers including Thomas Landis PHD, speaking about Monarch Butterflies and hand-on activities to help attract these butterflies to our children’s outdoor environments

Be prepared for walks in nature using all of our senses.