Nature Explore Workshop Coming to Sandwich, Massachusetts

The Arbor Day Foundation and Dimensions Educational Research Foundation in collaboration with Heritage Museums & Gardens Heald Center and Hidden Hollow proudly invite you to Nature Explore workshops devoted to reconnecting children with nature.

 

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY, July 10, 2013

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Using Your Outdoor Classroom

Experience interesting techniques for using outdoor classrooms as an integral part of children’s daily learning. Find out how well-designed outdoor spaces facilitate healthy physical, emotional, intellectual and social development in a variety of settings (from schools to early childhood programs to public spaces). Discover strategies for assessing children’s learning, meeting teaching standards, alleviating challenging behaviors and bringing more joy to learning

Lunch available for purchase at the Magnolia Café

1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Documenting Children's Learning with Nature  

 

Discover effective methods for supporting and documenting children’s learning indoors and outdoors and for helping children with behavioral challenges and verbal-language delays become more successful. Learn how to “listen” to children’s visual-spatial language, and explore helpful tips for successfully using a documentation tool called “Nature Notes” to record children’s learning in outdoor classrooms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Register Now!