Toronto Star newspaper journalist, Andrea Gordon, spent two days with our Nature Kindergarten educators and students this spring. Follow this link to order her e-book for $2.99 … it is well-written, researched, and informative!
Recent Comments
- Frances Krusekopf { Hello Werner, Apologies for the slow response. It has been a very busy start-up to the school year due to COVID. Please feel free to... }
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- ELIZABETH JOHN BRIGGS { hi there, i am an international student at the royal roads university. my daughter is will be 8yrs in janunary. she will definitely love this... }
- Sydney Thackeray { Outdoor Education – Developing a Unified Voice You are invited to participate in a study about Outdoor Education in Canada, conducted by Morten Asfeldt and... }
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Recent Posts
Bookmarks
- CFAX "Real Parenting" Podcast
- Child and Nature Alliance
- Coalition WILD
- CTV News Story – "Education Comes Full Circle" – June 2013
- David Suzuki's 30 X 30 challenge
- Environmental Education Essential for Students
- Evergreen
- Forest Kindergarten at Wikipedia
- Forest, nature and outdoor Learning Resources
- Fresh Air Learning Preschools in Lower Mainland, BC
- Green Cement
- International Association of Nature Pedagogy
- Jim Robertson, Alberta Naturalist
- Kindergarten in a Tree – Japan
- Learning Landscapes Designs
- Maclean's article "This is not a field trip"
- National Aboriginal Day Poster Presentation at Royal Roads University
- Nature Kindergarten in Sooke (Shaw TV)
- Nature-based Early Childhood Program at Antioch
- Nature-based programs in New England
- Norwegian Forest Kindergarten
- On Self-Regulation
- Outdoor Learning in Japan
- Outdoor Preschool in the UK
- PLAY AGAIN
- Saratoga Springs Forest Kindergarten
- Stroud School – Forest School
- Today's Parent – "Forest Schools: when every day is a field trip day…" – May 2013
- Troll Waldkrippe and Waldkindergarten in Zuerich, Switzerland
- Turning Nature Into Classrooms
- UK Playground Design
- Victoria Natural History Society
Funders
Ministry of Education – UBC Growing Innovation Project Grant
Ministry of Education Innovation Through 'Collaborative Action Research' Grant
Hello. I am very drawn to thr new initiatives. I would like to explore being of service/collaborating/learning from each other. Briefly … b.ed in outdoor and experiential education in 1982 .. M.ed in Waldorf and Arts integrated ed in 1988 .. taught in First nations, Public, Waldorf schools. Founder etc of Roots and Wings Storytelling and the Imaginative Arts in ’87. Award winning story based, experiential curric. developer …And founded Roots and Wings Garden Care and Design in the nineties, building family gardens.( after realizing I really wasnt a class room advocate.) Parent of numerous Waldorf children, grandpa of Emilio Regio grand daughter … etc .. thats the bones .. look forward to playing in the earth ! In Cowichan Valley 250 597 4791