Hello, Early Childhood Science IF, Young Children and Nature IF, and early childhood educators!
Do you have questions about how to hold classes outdoors in all weather? Do you have advice and strategies to share with other early childhood educators about the best practices of being outside with a class? Our November monthly meeting will be an exciting and informative joint meeting where Sheila Williams Ridge and Anna Dutke, experts in outdoor education, will join us to discuss and answer questions about early childhood education in the outdoors. We hope that you can be part of this November Zoom Meeting,
Tuesday the 17th, at 7:30pm EDT.
Sheila Williams Ridge is the Director of the Shirley G. Moore Lab School at the University of Minnesota. She is a facilitator for the NAEYC Young Children and Nature Interest Forum, a board member for the Minneapolis Nature Preschool, and a member of the Natural Start Alliance Council. She is also co-author of the book, Nature-Based Learning for Young Children: Anytime, Anywhere, on Any Budget, published by Redleaf Press and is passionate about encouraging nature-based play and the lasting developmental benefits of a relationship between children and nature.
Anna Dutke is a Nature Preschool teacher in Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools, a public school district in Minnesota. Anna is a member of the Natural Start Alliance Council and is actively involved in supporting outdoor learning in Minnesota schools and early childhood programs through MnECO, Minnesota Early Childhood Outdoors, and the "Teach Outdoors! Minnesota" project.
Get to know these experts by visiting their online pages:
Sheila Williams Ridge
Anna Dutke
The ECSIF's monthly Zoom meetings have become a great source of comfort and camaraderie during this prolonged separation. We hope to see you there, again or for the first time!
Do you have a specific question you're excited to see answered? Please post it here, so that we can facilitate the most effective discussion possible.
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Sarah Maynard
St Matthews Day School
Woodbridge VA
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