Blog
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What are interactive gazes and how might they forge connections not just between people, but also between us and elements in our environment?
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Extreme weather events caused by climate change are interrupting opportunities for outdoor play and learning in early childhood by keeping children indoors during unsafe conditions. However, a widening community of experts is bringing attention to the issue and exploring possible solutions. Natural…
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Join NAAEE in welcoming our newest Early Childhood EE Group Moderators!
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In this blog, Early Childhood EE Moderator Suzanne Major explores why understanding the concept of "symbolic affiliation" becomes crucial in cultivating confidence in young children.
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Registration is open for the 2023 National Nature-Based Early Learning Conference! This year’s event will take place entirely online, launching with a week of live events July 24–28. View prerecorded sessions throughout the next year!
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Explore how visual and auditory cues can enhance your instructional approach when teaching young children outside in "Locking Eyes, Sounds, Time and Group Management in Early Childhood: Or Tackling Peter’s Object of Interest!"
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NAAEE is going virtual this year, so fire up your computer and get ready to join us. Submit a Proposal for NAAEE2023!
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Understanding and recognizing the general abilities of children in early childhood education can support teachers in managing groups in the outdoors. Read this blog by eePRO moderator, Suzanne Major, to learn how.
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The "culture of danger," as in child-proofing homes, daycare facilities, and outside play areas, has touched every aspect of early childhood education. How can one go about playing in backyards and play areas when one lives near bears, moose, and coyotes? It is all about acquiring knowledge of…
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Read on for a few tips on how to make sure that Halloween isn’t scary for wildlife.
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Share ideas, collaborate, and advance, together. Join an eePRO Group Meeting at NAAEE2022 on Friday, October 14 from 1:00 PM–2:00 PM MST.
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Luis Camargo, the founder of Organizacion para la Educacion y Protection Ambiental, describes the pillars for a nature-based regenerative education in this blog post.
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As we prepare for an upcoming national survey of nature preschools, the Natural Start Alliance is counting nature-based preschools in the US. Help us find your program by joining the Alliance as an organizational member today!
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Join us for our return to an in-person gathering in beautiful Tucson or participate online with our virtual program. NAAEE’s 2022 conference will focus on the powerful role education can play in creating healthier communities and tackling today’s complex environmental and social issues. Register…
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Specialists are reporting young children in daycare "acting out." But behaviors are reactions to feelings. What if we listened to what young children are communicating through behavior?
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In the classrooms at Woodland Pond School, CEE-Change Fellow Aubrae Filipiak uses the KWL discussion framework to introduce new ideas. This stands for Know Wonder Learn and allows students to explore concepts from a place of curiosity while bringing to bear their lived experiences. Aubrae Filipiak…
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Deadline: August 8. Do you know of an individual or organization that has accomplished great things in environmental education? You probably do! This is your chance to recognize the wonderful work of incredibly hardworking individuals and organizations for the benefit of the environment.
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Changemaker grantee Mariam Kabamba tells the story of an environmental education and tree planting program that brought hope to a local community in Democratic Republic of Congo.
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This is the seventh of a series of eight discussions on principles, processes, and strategies involved in early childhood education, including environmental education. There is cultural capital in education and there is biophilia capital in education to the environment in early childhood. The…
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Learn about the Global EE Group and meet the Global EE Group moderators.
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The Outdoor Learning Store shares their story of becoming an EE social enterprise.
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Registration for the 2022 Nature-Based Early Learning Conference is open! Register to attend in person in Cincinnati, Ohio, or online.
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Sandhill Crane migration in southwestern Nebraska, along the Platt River, is one of the planet's spectacular migrations. Over half a million cranes converge on the area in late February through early March, powering the local economy through tourism. However, the cranes use more than the river…
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Participate in an event or create your own - April is a perfect time to join the worldwide citizen science movement.
