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I first intrigued with outdoor classrooms back in 2014. That is when I first learned about Nature Explore. I was at the National Family Child Care Conference and I overheard another provider talking about her certification. I decided right then, outdoor classroom certification would be… Continue Reading “Our Newly Updated Outdoor Classroom!!”
Category: Outdoor Classroom, UncategorizedTags: action, art, blocks, Books, butterfly wings, circle time, coolaroo, dirt digging, douglas cuddle toy, environment, family childcare, garden, gathering, landscape architect, little free library, messy materials, movement, music, Nature, nature classroom, nature explore, playbased, playscape, polywood, rain barrels, shade sail, three stone
Posted on June 5, 2018 by MomShunk
Death is never an easy topic to talk about. It is especially overwhelming to think about explaining death to a young child. Here are some of the ways we have dealt with and explained death to the children of the childcare. Gardening is where… Continue Reading “Death and Your Curriculum”
Category: CurriculumTags: community, cope, Curriculum, death, die, dying, emergent, funeral, garden, gardening, greiving, lifecycle, margaretwisebrown, patriciakarst, pet, pets, thedeadbird, theinvisiblestring