32 results for group: beginner
Playing in Dirt Builds Grit! – the importance of all types of play for the mind and body
Four different types of outdoor play will be presented in this workshop: imaginative play, risky play, intentional play, and free play. Participants have the opportunity to 'play,' explore, and discuss each type of play themselves as they imagine how their students might engage with the provocations presented. (Primary/Elementary)
Pivoting in Place
Hoping to integrate nature and place-based learning into the curriculum meaningfully? Still trying to figure out where to start? In this workshop, Hillary will discuss her experiences developing place-based curricula in urban and non-urban settings highlighting the need to pivot based on what is accessible to educators and their students. Participants will also learn core routines depending on place and space and the importance of the emergent curriculum when looking to extend learning beyond the four walls of the classroom.
May We Be Peaceful: Inner Work for Systems Change
Cultivating our inner peace as educators and human beings is our greatest human technology. In alignment with Otto Scharmer’s Theory U for systems change; deep listening, deep terrain, and healing the gaps which disconnect us from our nature are our most promising means of re-connection. May our disruption become transformation as we move forward together into the future as architects of connection.
Through developing a practice of daily nature rituals with my Grade 2 class during challenging times, we intentionally attuned to our human nature on a daily basis. We sought refuge from the downward spiral among the leaves and changing seasons. We ...
A Day in the Life of a NES Wild Student!
Are you ready to embark on your outdoor learning adventure? Join grade 4 teachers Landis Burr and Katie Douglas as they walk you through a typical afternoon in Nakoda Elementary School’s outdoor learning program, NES Wild. Gain practical strategies, pedagogical approaches, and innovative activities that seamlessly integrate into the curriculum. Beyond theoretical concepts, this workshop places tangible, hands-on resources in your grasp, ensuring that participants leave with a wealth of curriculum-based activities ready to be implemented with their own students. Join us in redefining education beyond the classroom walls!
A Walking Curriculum for the Early Years: Learn What It’s All About
Participants in this interactive, indoor and outdoor session will learn all about the newly released Walking Curriculum for the Early Years: Developing a Sense of Place by Sparking Curiosity and Wonder. This innovative, interdisciplinary resource designed specifically for Early Years educators, outlines an imaginative and ecological approach to taking student learning outside school walls. Specifically, it shapes A Walking Curriculum: Evoking Wonder and Developing Sense of Place K12 (Judson, 2018) for primary-aged learners. All three authors will be present to introduce the theory and practice of this imaginative ecological teaching resource. Dr. ...
How Does Vulnerability Show up in the Outdoors?
This session will provide the space to have brave conversations about how we include people with disabilities in the outdoors. It is the hope that participants will develop a sense of appreciation at the complexity of inclusion and a shift in thinking about people with disabilities.
A Meaningful Approach to Climate Change Education
Effective climate change education is about teaching our children to be informed, knowledgeable and involved outside in nature and their communities with a positive, solution-oriented mindset. This exciting opportunity is curriculum-connected, meaningful, motivating, memorable and centred on a place-based, experiential model. Come to this interactive session and learn more about empowering our students with climate change education that matters for people and planet!
Walking Together through Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing
When we walk together in a good way we learn to see and know the world through two eyes. Nature has rights, and we have responsibilities as storytellers, educators, artists and advocates to use our gifts to protect Mother Earth. Engage in an interactive session exploring Etuaptmumk, the gift of multiple perspectives in the Mi'kmaw language also known as Two-Eyed Seeing. Weaving the strengths of Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowledges through the exchange of stories, learn more about how we came to co-create the picture book ""Walking Together"" (Annick Press), reading with all ages, including in a Land-Based Play and Co-Learning through Etuaptmumk/...
Learning Outside in the Big City: Outdoor Environmental Learning for Urban Teachers
Outdoor learning enthusiasts don’t need to be told about how spending time outdoors can improve our mental health and well-being. But what if we teach in urban areas with minimal access to green space? What if your school yard has artificial grass and 3 trees? How do we get “city kids” to start connecting with the Natural World so that they can begin developing a connection that could ultimately lead to stewardship? In this workshop, participants will engage in some beginner/city friendly outdoor learning activities and discuss possible cross curricular connections. We will also talk about the logistics of setting up and managing expectations. ...
Nurtured by Nature, connecting to the idea that we are Nature
Blending Forest School and Forest Therapy pedagogies, delegates will take part in easily adaptable exercises prompting us to connect to the Land and each other. Focusing on animism and the senses, participants are invited to their own unique experience. Practical exercises that can be easily adapted to meet the needs of participants in the space in which it is offered. Fostering a sense of wellbeing with the intention that all people have connections and relationships to Land, with opportunities to nourish and support a sustainable and meaningful life on a flourishing planet.
