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Outdoor School? Best Practices in Involving Young Children in Outdoor Experiences

January 18, 2012 at 4:00 PM EST, 3:00 PM CST, 2:00 PM MST, 1:00 PM PST

Children today play outside less than any previous generation. Nonetheless, schools have a unique opportunity to offer children crucial free play time as well as the possibility of making lasting connections with natural environments.

Join Dr. Emily Stanley, a science teacher at the Jemicy School in Baltimore, MD, and Patti Bailie, director of the Schlitz Audubon Nature Preschool in Milwaukee, WI, for an exploration of perspectives on outdoor free play and how to support it in school environments. You'll leave the session with a host of ideas and best practices to involve young children in outdoor experiences, including sound principles for designing your own outdoor or nature preschool. Watch it now!


 

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