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From Friday, June 08 2012
To Saturday, June 09 2012
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Explore Nature Preschool Conference
For more information, visit the Nature Preschool Conference page.
Make plans to join the professionals at Irvine Nature Center June 8-9, 2012, for its first annual Explore Nature Preschool Conference. We'll address the unique benefits and challenges of nature-based preschool programs.
David Sobel, key note speaker, will lead a workshop on program development. Mr. Sobel is an education writer who has developed the philosophy of place-based learning, and is the author of both Childhood and Nature and Beyond Ecophobia.
Topics of the conference will include:
- Nature-based curriculum and program development
- Meaningful live animal lessons indoors and out
- Creative arts and nature activities
- The role of natural play spaces and encounters in nature
Other confirmed guest speakers include Marty Watson from The Dodge Nature Preschool and Monica Wiedel-Lubinski from The Nature Preschool at Irvine. |
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