Growing Up Wild

Growing Up WILD: Exploring Nature with Young Children is an early childhood education activity guide that builds on children’s sense of wonder about nature and invites them to explore wildlife and the world around them. Through a wide range of activities and experiences, it provides a foundation for developing positive impressions about nature while also building lifelong social and cognitive skills. Workshop participants will receive a copy of the guide and a certification of completion. 

Growing Up WILD’s activity guide:

  Is written for early childhood educators of children ages 3–7.

  Features 27 field-tested, hands-on, nature-based activities in a full-color 11”x 17’’ activity guide.
  Includes art projects, music, conservation activities, reading and math connections and much more.    

  Involves social, emotional, physical, language, and cognitive domains to help foster learning and
      development in all areas.

  Supports developmentally appropriate practice allowing children to learn at levels that are
      individually, socially, and culturally appropriate.

  Is correlated to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Standards and
      the Head Start Domains.

Get Growing Up WILD: 

Date:   Saturday April 11, 2020          Time:  9:00 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.        

Workshop Fee:  $25/person, $3 additional for CEU’s (pre-registration and pre-payment required)          

Location:  Nashoba Brooks School 200 Strawberry Hill Road  Concord, Massachusetts

                   HYPERLINK “https://www.nashobabrooks.org/about/contacts–directions” https://www.nashobabrooks.org/about/contacts–directions
To register:  Please contact Kim Russell at pebblepocket@gmail.com. 

                       Registration deadline is March 28, 2020. 

*.5 CEU’s 

*Please bring a bag lunch

*Wear clothes and shoes appropriate for indoor and outdoor activities