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Documenting Children’s “Worlding”: Towards the Development of Common Worlds Pedagogical Documentation Practices

Shawn Wernig
February 16th, 2024
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In this session, early childhood educators and professionals (post-secondary instructors, advocates, researchers) will gather to discuss pedagogical documentation in the context of nature-based programs. How can the experiences of children and the more-than-human both be represented in documentation? In this facilitated discussion, participants will be invited to share their current practices of documentation with the […]

Reading into Belonging and Well-being with Children’s Literature

Shawn Wernig
February 16th, 2024
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Books can be an important vehicle for supporting a sense of belonging and well-being within a learning community. They can offer important invitations to discover, learn about, and discuss diverse perspectives. Have you thought critically about the books that you are bringing into your work with children? Who is represented within the books available in […]

Hear and Now: Sound Mindfulness for Outdoor Learning Experiences

Shawn Wernig
February 16th, 2024
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Discover the sound of peace and place in this outdoor, ‘ears’-on, immersive experience. Participants will engage in various contemplative listening activities grounded in audio-ecology. Culminating in a group rhythm-making circle using found materials, we will embark on an embodied journey through our sense of hearing to connect with nature, each other, and ourselves. A major […]

Nurturing Nature’s Joy

Shawn Wernig
February 16th, 2024
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Reconnecting with the natural world is just as important for adults as it is for children. This workshop is dedicated to promoting the power of play within us, the adults, who will lead by example to inspire future generations to cherish and enjoy the wonders of nature and the outdoors. Through reconnecting with our personal […]

The Evaluation of a Nature-Based Childcare Program: Findings, Lessons Learned and Next Steps

Shawn Wernig
February 16th, 2024
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Childcare programs delivered outdoors can provide an opportunity to reintroduce, reinforce and supplement outdoor play during early childhood. In addition, outdoor childcare programs may positively affect practitioner wellbeing, professional engagement and the quality of education being delivered. However, there remains a gap in the literature regarding the health and developmental impacts of nature-based childcare programs […]

Nature Knows No Limits: Promoting Inclusion and Accessibility in Our Outdoor Classroom

Shawn Wernig
February 16th, 2024
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Join us for an inspiring and informative workshop where we will explore the transformative power of outdoor education in promoting inclusion and accessibility for all students. In this workshop, we will delve into the realm of limitless possibilities that nature provides, regardless of physical abilities. Through engaging activities and captivating storytelling, we will highlight personal […]

Walking Together: (Re)Connecting to the Land through Storytelling

Jade Harvey
April 26th, 2023
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Walking Together Storying Land Through Etuaptmumk Two Eyed Seeing

Join us for an interactive storytelling of a new picture book, ‘Walking Together,’ co-written by Elder Albert Marshall and Louise Zimanyi, illustrated by Emily Kewageshig (Annick Press, 2023). Grounded in Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing (in Mi’kmaq), the gift of multiple perspectives, follow young children connecting to the Land as spring unfolds with Robin’s return, Frog’s croaking and […]

Actively Transforming a Space into a “PLACE”

Shawn Wernig
February 27th, 2023
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This outdoor, hands-on, session will inspire you to better utilize your local natural spaces to deliver meaningful, creative outdoor learning. Together, we will consider a spectrum of nature experiences; a model of engagement, steeped in place-based learning principles and inquiry frameworks. The model also considers how to move provocations into knowledge building experiences, stewardship initiatives, […]

Playing, Learning & Growing in School Gardens

Shawn Wernig
February 27th, 2023
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In this workshop, expert school garden educators will share their tested and effective core routines for engaging learners across the curriculum in natural spaces. Suitable for teachers with established gardens, as well as teachers who are still dreaming of a garden! Participants will leave with an understanding of the school garden as a metaphor for […]

Are you a boy or a girl? Creating safe and affirming programs for transgender, gender-creative and nonbinary children and staff

Shawn Wernig
February 27th, 2023
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We step out onto the land together and many of us feel like we belong. But do our gender-creative, transgender and nonbinary children and staff experience that feeling of safety and belonging too? In this workshop, participants will gain knowledge of the intersecting identities transgender, gender-creative and nonbinary children and staff hold, and how this […]

Block: Block B

Documenting Children’s “Worlding”: Towards the Development of Common Worlds Pedagogical Documentation Practices

Reading into Belonging and Well-being with Children’s Literature

Hear and Now: Sound Mindfulness for Outdoor Learning Experiences

Nurturing Nature’s Joy

The Evaluation of a Nature-Based Childcare Program: Findings, Lessons Learned and Next Steps

Nature Knows No Limits: Promoting Inclusion and Accessibility in Our Outdoor Classroom

Walking Together: (Re)Connecting to the Land through Storytelling

Actively Transforming a Space into a “PLACE”

Playing, Learning & Growing in School Gardens

Are you a boy or a girl? Creating safe and affirming programs for transgender, gender-creative and nonbinary children and staff

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