At this conference we will explore promising practices in nature-based early childhood education. I will be presenting the workshop Supporting the Development of Executive Function through Outdoor Games.
David Sobel (Antioch University), academic and educator, the author of world-known books like “Childhood and Nature: Design Principles for Educators” or “Place-Based Education”, has accepted our invitation for WEEC. In his speech “Why 21st Century Children Need Nature”, he will review some of the research on why nature is good for children and will provide examples of how families, schools, and communities are re-introducing children to the natural world. Learn more here.
David will give the keynote at this event titled, “The Sky Above and the Mud Below: Lessons from Nature Preschools and Forest Kindergartens.” Learn more here.
David will facilitate the What Have We Learned from the Pandemic about Outdoor Learning panel. Learn more here.
Come to the Juniper Hill School barn, at 180 Golden Ridge Road in Alna, Maine, on Thursday, Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. for “Why 21st Century Children Need Nature,” a free community talk with David Sobel. Sobel is the author of eight books and more than 70 articles on children and nature, and Professor Emeritus at Antioch University. David Sobel raised his children in the heart of nature and lectures widely to show “other parents how they can counter today’s pervasive ‘nature deficit.’”
8 a.m.- 4:30 p.m., Friday, November 1, 2019
David Sobel will be giving a keynote on place-based education. He will also be facilitating a Principal’s Symposium on Whole School Nature/Place-based Education. More information on the conference is forthcoming. Contact Christina Wild at christina@uvtpc.org for additional details.
