Let’s Get Children Outside with Nature-Based Education!
Growing Up WILD: Exploring Nature with Young Children was figured on the National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Education sharing with others all the wonderful things children are learning through their interaction with nature. This program gets children away for those electric devices that are consuming their physical activities and get them down right dirty in the middle of exploring, discovering and learning while physical challenging them to be active. The program has, “27 nature-based activities correlated to the Head Start Domains and NAEYC Standards with easily digestible background information, Growing Up WILD provides educators with the knowledge and skills to comfortably teach nature-based education that includes math, science inquiry, literacy as well as music and movement”.
Even though this subject is not correlated to our class discussions I felt that it is good to know that our children are being exposed to outdoor activities that stimulates both cognitive and physical development.
View it on the National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Education website @ http://www.naecte.org/docs/Summer%202012%20eLetter.pdf
Hi Katrice
ReplyDeleteLove the pictures,and I love the name growing up wild, and having children discover the outdoors and planting. Great Blog!!
Hi Katrice, thanks for sharing your information from the newsletter. I am so hyped about summer and into getting the children outside digging in the dirt, caring for flowers and vegetables. this kind of activity would help our children connect with nature, and encourages them to eat their vegetables because they would be the ones to help them grow!
ReplyDeleteKatrice,
ReplyDeleteI love nature, art, music and dramatics in the classroom. I enjoy developing and using all the senses when it comes to early child development. This is a site that I had my own children involved in while growing up in California. Check it out! Children's Nature Institute: http://www.childrensnatureinstitute.org/newsite/index.php