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Author : Christy Merrick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578545653
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Nature-Based Preschool Professional Practice Guidebook written by Christy Merrick and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rachel A. Larimore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781879931305
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (313 download)
Download or read book Establishing a Nature-Based Preschool written by Rachel A. Larimore and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature-based preschools are powerful programs that fuse early childhood and environmental education to develop a child's lifelong connection with the natural world. With the number of this unique, cutting-edge program growing throughout the country, many nature centers are asking, "Is a nature-based preschool right for us?" Establishing a Nature-Based Preschool helps answer that question, and provides a how-to guide to move from concept to implementation.
Author : David Sobel
Publisher : Redleaf Press
ISBN 13 : 1605544299
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (55 download)
Download or read book Nature Preschools and Forest Kindergartens written by David Sobel and published by Redleaf Press. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you need to get started and succeed in a nature preschool or forest kindergarten.
Author : Claire Warden
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1473906369
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (739 download)
Download or read book Learning with Nature written by Claire Warden and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2015-09-26 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning outside the classroom is a key part of early years and primary practice and is on the rise in settings across the world. This book centres on outstanding outdoor practice and how children can learn and develop in natural environments. Focussing on children aged from 2-11 this book contains: A self-evaluation toolkit for educators to reflect on what they’re doing now and where to develop to be more effective. Examples of practice from around the world and in various environments, including urban settings. An entire chapter on assessment and planning to help ensure and demonstrate quality of provision. Looking at all the possibilities and approaches, there are models for practice to suit every setting so that everyone can make outdoor learning part of the core teaching and learning objectives. Claire Warden is an educational consultant with an international reputation for pioneering work in education and a focus on children’s connection to the natural world.
Author : Peter Dargatz
Publisher : Redleaf Press
ISBN 13 : 1605547514
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (55 download)
Download or read book Teaching Off Trail written by Peter Dargatz and published by Redleaf Press. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching Off Trail describes the transformation of Peter Dargatz, a national board-certified teacher, and public school coordinator, from an anxious assessor to a fair and fun facilitator of learning. It shares his personal professional journey detailing his evolution as an educator while simultaneously offering strategies for readers to implement Peter's unique teaching philosophy to increase opportunities for play, creative expression, and personalization in both the indoor and outdoor classroom. In his own classroom, Peter brought learning outside by creating a nature kindergarten program that emphasizes community partnerships, service learning, and meaningful and memorable experiences in the outdoors. Teaching Off Trail aims to inspire educators, administrators, and parents across all levels to turn their outrage for today’s educational system into outreach that promotes passionate and purposeful problem-solving. He incorporates techniques often seen in private educational settings like Reggio and Montessori—student-centered, self-directed experiential approaches to learning) and shows how they work within a public school system.
Author : Julie Powers
Publisher : Redleaf Press
ISBN 13 : 160554597X
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (55 download)
Download or read book Nature-Based Learning for Young Children written by Julie Powers and published by Redleaf Press. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature-Based Learning for Every Preschool Setting is designed to provide ideas for all early childhood educators ranging from novice nature educators to highly experienced nature educators in a wide range of ecosystems, including forests, cities, prairies, coastal, and deserts. It includes background information on a range of nature topics, reproducible parent newsletters, sample play-based lesson plans, guidance and health and safety issues related to nature activities, ideas for free/inexpensive equipment and materials and for big ticket items, ideas for family involvement, and connections to early childhood learning standards. Chapters are divided by nature topic so readers can dip in right away where they want to start exploring.
Author : Ruth Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134088027
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Nature and Young Children written by Ruth Wilson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-09-12 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From adding richness and variety to learning, to redesigning a playground, this highly accessible text will provide early years practitioners with a wealth of ideas on how to foster creative play and learning in the outdoor environment with a focus on interacting with the natural world. Nature and Young Children contains many simple ideas on the type of materials that can be added to encourage observation, exploration and dramatic play, as well as guidance on what early years practitioners can do to help children meet early development and academic goals through outdoor learning activities. Relating to every-day early years settings throughout, the author of this inspirational text addresses topics such as: gardening with young children choosing plants for safety, variety and active learning making outdoor activities and play spaces accessible for children with disabilities involving parents in appreciating and developing the outdoor space and outdoor activities dealing with fears, safety and comfort issues. Presented in an effective way to develop environmentally responsible attitudes, values and behaviours, Nature and Young Children is recommended for all early years practitioners and students.
Author : Rachel Larimore
Publisher : Gryphon House Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780876597941
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (979 download)
Download or read book Preschool Beyond Walls written by Rachel Larimore and published by Gryphon House Incorporated. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A guide for converting an existing preschool program to a nature-based preschool"--
Author : Jennifer Ward
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834822504
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Let's Go Outside! written by Jennifer Ward and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2009-07-14 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engage your child in outdoor play, nature outings, and environmental explorations. Chase and be chased in a game of capture the flag. Use the power of the sun to craft your own shadow prints. Explore the stars on a late night walk. Create a field guide to your neighborhood. Through 52 ideas—some classic and some new—Let's Go Outside! offers a range of activities perfect for children ages 8 to 12. Whether you're in the country, the city, or anywhere in between, this book is sure to help you get outside—and run, dance, hike, or camp—with your preteen. Sections of the book include: • Back to Basics: Reconnecting with twists on traditional games and activities such as Capture the Flag • Making the Ordinary Extraordinary: Picnics, doing homework outdoors, and socializing opportunities outdoors • Outdoor Adventures: Canoeing, biking, and camping • Environmental Experiments: Ways to explore how nature works
Author : Karen Constable
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317915410
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)
Download or read book The Outdoor Classroom in Practice, Ages 3-7 written by Karen Constable and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The outdoor environment is now an integral part of many early years settings and schools, but is it being used to its full potential? Providing extensive, challenging and ever-changing outdoor play experiences is an essential and valuable aspect of early years education. This book offers comprehensive guidance on how the outdoor environment can be used to teach and challenge all children across a range of settings drawing on forest school practice. Following a month-by-month format, each chapter provides a selection of theme-related play experiences alongside planning and evaluations of how the ideas described were carried out, and reveals the impact that they had on the children. Including detailed information on the role of the adult, the environment, planning and using children’s interests to guide their learning and development, the book features: over 100 full-colour photographs to illustrate practice diary entries that reflect how the planning was delivered, what changes were made and how aspects of learning were recorded and assessed examples of practice as well as comprehensive resource lists and safety guidelines links to indoor play and opportunities at home. Written by a leading authority on forest school practice and full of practical ideas that can be adapted to suit individual children’s needs, this book aims to inspire practitioners to make the most of the outdoor environment throughout the year.
Author : Alice Sterling Honig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781938113079
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Experiencing Nature with Young Children written by Alice Sterling Honig and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Connecting Children to the Wonder of Nature There's a whole world outdoors waiting to embrace young children--with their curiosity, imagination, and enthusiasm--and to impart its treasures. Experiencing Nature With Young Children invites you to explore this world with children from birth to age 8 in ways that will - Awaken their enjoyment and appreciation of nature - Nurture their emotional development - Enhance their cognitive growth - Spark their creativity - Help them discover how we all--people, animals, plants--are connected - Engage families and communities in preserving nature Along the way, children will learn to love nature and its inhabitants. And in learning to love, they will learn to care--helping to ensure that our natural environment will be well looked-after by the next generation. Part ballad to nature, part irresistible invitation to teachers, this book will awaken and renew your own joy in nature--and move you to experience it with young children.
Author : Rachael A. Larimore
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1879931354
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (799 download)
Download or read book Establishing a Nature-Based Preschool written by Rachael A. Larimore and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature-based preschools are powerful programs that fuse early childhood and environmental education to develop a child's lifelong connection with the natural world. With the number of this unique, cutting-edge program growing throughout the country, many nature centers are asking, “Is a nature-based preschool right for us?” Establishing a Nature-Based Preschool helps answer that question, and provides a how-to guide to move from concept to implementation.
Author : Juliet Robertson
Publisher : Crown House Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178135149X
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (813 download)
Download or read book Dirty Teaching written by Juliet Robertson and published by Crown House Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the keys to a happy and creative classroom is getting out of it and this book will give you the confidence to do just that. Drawing on academic research, Juliet explains why learning outdoors is so beneficial and provides plenty of tips and activities to help you to integrate outdoor learning into your teaching practice, providing a broad range of engaging outdoor experiences for your students. There is no need for expensive tools or complicated technologies: all you need is your coat and a passion for learning - oh, and you'd better bring the kids too! Topics covered include: forest schools, learning outside the classroom, outdoor education, nature activities, caring for the environment, play in schools, investigative play, urban outdoor activities, problem solving, creative thinking and strategies for supporting curriculum objectives. For all primary practitioners who want to shake up their usual classroom routine and discover the benefits of teaching outdoors. Dirty Teaching was a finalist in the Non-Fiction People's Book Prize Winter 2014 collection.
Author : Peggy Grant
Publisher : International Society for Technology in Education
ISBN 13 : 1564845443
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (648 download)
Download or read book Personalized Learning written by Peggy Grant and published by International Society for Technology in Education. This book was released on 2014-06-21 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Personalized Learning: A Guide for Engaging Students with Technology is designed to help educators make sense of the shifting landscape in modern education. While changes may pose significant challenges, they also offer countless opportunities to engage students in meaningful ways to improve their learning outcomes. Personalized learning is the key to engaging students, as teachers are leading the way toward making learning as relevant, rigorous, and meaningful inside school as outside and what kids do outside school: connecting and sharing online, and engaging in virtual communities of their own Renowned author of the Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go series, Dale Basye, and award winning educator Peggy Grant, provide a go-to tool available to every teacher today—technology as a way to ‘personalize’ the education experience for every student, enabling students to learn at their various paces and in the way most appropriate to their learning styles.
Author : Joyce L. Epstein
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1483320014
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (833 download)
Download or read book School, Family, and Community Partnerships written by Joyce L. Epstein and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.
Author : Devin Franklin
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1635860237
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (358 download)
Download or read book Put On Your Owl Eyes written by Devin Franklin and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children will see the natural world around them with brand new eyes, as they learn to follow its signs, hear its language, and understand its secrets. With this unique and compelling book written by expert environmental educator Devin Franklin, kids ages 8 to 13 will build their own relationship with nature through finding a “Sit Spot” — an outdoor space in the backyard, in a field or in the woods, in a vacant lot or a city park — where they can stop, observe, and become familiar with the flora and fauna that live there. From the Six Arts of Tracking (Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How) and making a habitat map to walking in smooth silence like a fox and learning the basics of bird language, 15 exploration exercises lead young readers on a fascinating journey of discovery as they watch, listen, map, interpret, and write about the sounds, sights, scents, and patterns they encounter. With journaling prompts, map-making activities, and observational tracking pages throughout, Put on Your Owl Eyes is an interactive and thought-provoking guidebook.
Author : Elizabeth A. Sherwood
Publisher : Gryphon House Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Science Adventures written by Elizabeth A. Sherwood and published by Gryphon House Incorporated. This book was released on 2008 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These fun-filled nature activities open up a world of scientific exploration for young children. Organized by science concept, each activity has information on describing how it connects to other curriculum areas, plus an assessment component and related science standards.
