Upcoming Educator Workshop Opportunities!!
Reconnecting Children with Nature – Growing Up WILD
Date: Saturday, April 6, 2013
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Twin Ponds Nature Center (1811 240th St., Iona, IA 50645)
Registration Deadline (Minimum 15 participants required): March 28, 2013; You must register electronically:
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Twin Ponds Nature Center (1811 240th St., Iona, IA 50645)
Registration Deadline (Minimum 15 participants required): March 28, 2013; You must register electronically:
Priority is given to those working in Floyd, Mitchell, or Chickasaw Counties. Funded by EAGLE Program and FMC Early Childhood Iowa.
Date: Saturday, April 27, 2013
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Mitchell County Conservation Center (18793 Iowa 9, Osage, IA 50461)
Registration Deadline (Minimum 15 participants required): April 18, 2013; You must register electronically:
Date: Saturday, April 27, 2013
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Mitchell County Conservation Center (18793 Iowa 9, Osage, IA 50461)
Registration Deadline (Minimum 15 participants required): April 18, 2013; You must register electronically:
Priority is given to those working in Floyd, Mitchell, or Chickasaw Counties. Funded by EAGLE Program and FMC Early Childhood Iowa.
This workshop leads you out the door and provides hands on activities and resource materials to help you lead your own nature explorations. Growing Up WILD activities use age appropriate practices and concepts to build on children’s sense of wonder and invites them to explore nature and the world around them. Specially written for children 3-7, activities include sections to address many learning areas: math, science, language, literacy, health living, play, and creativity.
This workshop has been approved for 4 clock hours of DHS continuing education credit.
The Growing Up WILD activity guide was a culmination of work by natural resource agencies, early childhood professionals, and educators. Activities have been correlated to national standards for early childhood education – NAEYC Criteria for Curriculum, Head Start Child Outcomes Framework and the NAAEE Early Childhood Environmental Education Guidelines for Excellence. Additional correlations have been drafted to Iowa Early Childhood program and curriculum standards – Quality Preschool Program Standards, Iowa Early Learning Standards, and the Iowa Core Curriculum.
Note: This workshop will be both inside and outdoors - dress in layers and for the weather.
For more information, contact Malissa Rader: mrader@iastate.edu.
This workshop has been approved for 4 clock hours of DHS continuing education credit.
The Growing Up WILD activity guide was a culmination of work by natural resource agencies, early childhood professionals, and educators. Activities have been correlated to national standards for early childhood education – NAEYC Criteria for Curriculum, Head Start Child Outcomes Framework and the NAAEE Early Childhood Environmental Education Guidelines for Excellence. Additional correlations have been drafted to Iowa Early Childhood program and curriculum standards – Quality Preschool Program Standards, Iowa Early Learning Standards, and the Iowa Core Curriculum.
Note: This workshop will be both inside and outdoors - dress in layers and for the weather.
For more information, contact Malissa Rader: mrader@iastate.edu.
Outdoor Explorations for Early LearnersDate: June 10 & 11, 2013
Time: 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location: Annett Nature Center (15565 118th Ave., Indianola)
Registration Deadline: June 3, 2013; You must register electronically: https://prodev.aeapdonline.org/4DCGI/EC007499991401INV&*
Registration Fee: materials and 1 license renewal credit for $125 or 1 graduate credit from Drake University for $225.
This Inquiry Based Outdoor Exploration workshop is designed to help early childhood professionals lead children in age-appropriate, interdisciplinary outdoor experiences. You will be introduced to strategies, skills, and resources (including Growing Up WILD and Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood) to build upon children's sense of wonder about the world around them through relevant, inquiry-based exploration.Growing Up WILD activities, specially written for children age 3-7, include sections to address many learning areas: math, science, language, literacy, health living, play, and creativity.
Project Learning Tree's Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood encourages children to explore, discover, and communicate in expressive ways.
Both activity guides were a culmination of work by natural resources agencies, early childhood professionals, and educators. Activities have been correlated to national standards for early childhood education. Additional correlations have been drafted to Iowa Early Childhood program and curriculum standards.
This workshop has been approved for 15 clock hours of DHS continuing education credit and 1 teacher licensure recertification credit or 1 graduate credit (Drake University).
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