自然 and 创造性表达: An on-demand workshop
An on-demand workshop for your next professional development day! A pre-recorded video, facilitator’s guide, and discussion prompts are included.
目标: To identify ways to facilitate young children’s experiences creating WITH nature.
持续时间: 1 - 2小时 (1 hour video runtime; discussion & activities can be as short or as long as you'd like)
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Imagine a workshop focused on using nature to facilitate process art and children’s creative expression…and all 与out blowing your entire professional development budget.
自然 & 创造性表达 On-Demand Workshop is here!
Art and creative expression are vital components of an early childhood classroom. 自然-based education is rich 与 opportunities to support children’s individual creative expression. 的se opportunities include using nature for inspiration, as a tool, and as a studio space.
自然 & 创造性表达 will help your team dig deep into their teaching to support children in expressing themselves creatively. Specifically, the workshop will address these topic areas:
Why art matters: All too often art gets pushed aside in education. This section of the workshop will address the importance of art and creative expression in children’s development.
Creating WITH nature: In nature-based education we strive for children to learn 与 nature. 的 same is true 与 art and the result emphasizes process over product art.
自然作为一个空间，一个工具， & inspiration for creating: Discover the many roles nature plays in young children’s creative expression. 的 natural world can be a studio or the creative medium itself. And of course nature can inspire children to imagine and create. This workshop provides examples specific to nature-based early childhood education.
When you purchase this workshop you’ll receive a downloadable Facilitator’s Guide (PDF)包括...
A video link so you can watch the in-service workshop at a time that works best for your team
Prompts to encourage discussions among your team about using nature to facilitate children’s process art and creative expression
Printable worksheets to conduct an inventory of materials in your Indoor and Outdoor classrooms to support the seven different types of art
Certificate of completion so you can document and get credit for the time spent on this professional learning
现在注册 自然 & 创造性表达 and witness the transformation in your teaching and the impact that has on children as they learn in and 与 the natural world.
This on-demand workshop is perfect for educators looking for team development, as a teaching tool in pre-service education, or for individual professional learning.
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安排一个现场问答&与瑞秋的电话! A Q&A session 与 Rachel is an especially high value addition if you are using these courses for a team of educators. You and your team can expect open discussion to address questions, 担忧, and thoughts specific to YOUR program. If you’re interested in scheduling, check page 3 of the Facilitator’s Guide for a link to schedule and pay for a 30-minute or 1-hour call.
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瑞秋一. Larimore, Ph值.D., is an educator, consultant, speaker, researcher, and author. Her work focuses on the intentional integration of nature to support young children’s holistic development by learning 与 nature to expand their worlds and live rich, 完整的生活. She has written multiple books including Establishing a 自然-Based Preschool, Preschool Beyond Walls: Blending Early Childhood Education and 自然-Based Learning, and the forthcoming Evaluating 自然: Evaluating 自然ness: Measuring the Quality of 自然-based Classrooms in Pre-k Through 3rd Grade.
在创立萨马拉之前, she spent more than a decade starting and directing one of the first nature-based preschools in the United States. She also serves on the advisory board of the Natural Start Alliance, a professional association supporting nature-based educators.