Reconnecting Children
with Nature – Growing Up WILD
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.
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.
More Upcoming
Workshops!!
Saturday, March 8, 2014
9:00 a.m.—1:00 p.m.
Walnut Woods Lodge (3155 Walnut Woods Drive, West Des Moines, IA 50265)
Registration: Iowa Child Care Providers Training Registry— Click on Search Trainings, then search Reconnecting in the Title.
Registration Deadline: March 3, 2014
Registration Fee: $30 - your enrollment will be complete when payment is received: mail to Polk County Extension, 1625 Adventureland Drive Suite A, Altoona, IA 50009
9:00 a.m.—1:00 p.m.
Walnut Woods Lodge (3155 Walnut Woods Drive, West Des Moines, IA 50265)
Registration: Iowa Child Care Providers Training Registry— Click on Search Trainings, then search Reconnecting in the Title.
Registration Deadline: March 3, 2014
Registration Fee: $30 - your enrollment will be complete when payment is received: mail to Polk County Extension, 1625 Adventureland Drive Suite A, Altoona, IA 50009
Saturday, March 29, 2014
9:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m. (lunch provided)
Springbrook Conservation Education Center (2473 160th Road, Guthrie Center, IA 50115)
Registration: Iowa Child Care Providers Training Registry— Click on Search Trainings, then search Reconnecting in the Title.
Registration Deadline: March 17, 2014
Registration Fee: $40 - your enrollment will be complete when payment is received: mail to IA DNR Education & Outreach, 2473 160th Road, Guthrie Center, IA 50115
9:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m. (lunch provided)
Springbrook Conservation Education Center (2473 160th Road, Guthrie Center, IA 50115)
Registration: Iowa Child Care Providers Training Registry— Click on Search Trainings, then search Reconnecting in the Title.
Registration Deadline: March 17, 2014
Registration Fee: $40 - your enrollment will be complete when payment is received: mail to IA DNR Education & Outreach, 2473 160th Road, Guthrie Center, IA 50115
Saturday, April 5, 2014
8:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.
Fontana Interpretive Nature Center (1883 125th St., Hazelton, IA 50641)
Registration: Iowa Child Care Providers Training Registry— Click on Search Trainings, then search Reconnecting in the Title.
Registration Deadline: April 1, 2014
Registration Fee: $10 - your enrollment will be complete when payment is received: mail to Child Care Resources & Referral, 1009 1st St. West, Independence, IA 50644
8:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.
Fontana Interpretive Nature Center (1883 125th St., Hazelton, IA 50641)
Registration: Iowa Child Care Providers Training Registry— Click on Search Trainings, then search Reconnecting in the Title.
Registration Deadline: April 1, 2014
Registration Fee: $10 - your enrollment will be complete when payment is received: mail to Child Care Resources & Referral, 1009 1st St. West, Independence, IA 50644
Saturday, October 4, 2014
8:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.
Anderson Conservation Area (2059 190th St., Red Oak, IA 51566)
Registration: Iowa Child Care Providers Training Registry— Click on Search Trainings, then search Reconnecting in the Title.
Registration Deadline: September 19, 2014
Registration Fee: $30 - your enrollment will be complete when payment is received: mail to Montgomery County Extension, 400 Bridge St. Suite 2, Red Oak, IA 51566; a limited number of $10 scholarships are available
8:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.
Anderson Conservation Area (2059 190th St., Red Oak, IA 51566)
Registration: Iowa Child Care Providers Training Registry— Click on Search Trainings, then search Reconnecting in the Title.
Registration Deadline: September 19, 2014
Registration Fee: $30 - your enrollment will be complete when payment is received: mail to Montgomery County Extension, 400 Bridge St. Suite 2, Red Oak, IA 51566; a limited number of $10 scholarships are available
