Heather TeachOutside Taylor
Loose Parts Nature Play
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Megan Gessler
Loose Parts Nature Play
—Oct 26, 2024 Consulting Services --- Book--Loose Parts Learning in K-3 Classrooms: Loose Parts Play Facebook Page: Loose Parts Play Facebook Group: Inside Outside Michiana Facebook Page: Loose Parts Nature Play Website:
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Natural Start Alliance Conference
Loose Parts Nature Play
Join me in a recap of the Natural Start Alliance Conference! Unfortunately, we lost a few voices from the field due to technical issues, but I am grateful for ALL that contributed—I enjoyed getting to know you! There are so many doing great work to help connect children and nature! --- Book--Loose Parts Learning in K-3 Classrooms: Loose Parts Play Facebook Page: Loose Parts Play Facebook Group: Inside Outside Michiana Facebook Page: Loose Parts Nature Play Website:
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The Loose Parts Police: Can we buy loose parts?
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on the topic April’s Teaching Tree—NOW Idea Community Plaything’s Loose Parts STEM Kits from Kaplan from Kaplan from Kaplan from Kaplan --- Book--Loose Parts Learning in K-3 Classrooms: Loose Parts Play Facebook Page: Loose Parts Play Facebook Group: Inside Outside Michiana Facebook Page: Loose Parts Nature Play Website:
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Listen to voices from the US Play Coalition Conference!
Loose Parts Nature Play
—great tool with examples! --- Book--Loose Parts Learning in K-3 Classrooms: Loose Parts Play Facebook Page: Loose Parts Play Facebook Group: Inside Outside Michiana Facebook Page: Loose Parts Nature Play Website:
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Nüdel Pod with Marcus Veerman
Loose Parts Nature Play
Learn more about an exciting new product that turns your child from the toy user to the toy maker in this conversation with Marcus Veerman from Nüdel Pod. --- Book--Loose Parts Learning in K-3 Classrooms: Loose Parts Play Facebook Page: Loose Parts Play Facebook Group: Inside Outside Michiana Facebook Page: Loose Parts Nature Play Website:
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Treasure Baskets with Dr. Laura Wilhelm
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Loose Parts Voices from NAEYC!
Loose Parts Nature Play
I brought a RØDE Reporter microphone to the (NAEYC) conference and asked people about loose parts! They could share anything they wanted—a thought, a tip, a frustration, a product, etc. It was so great to see and meet all of you! Check it out! I’ve tried to link what I can below. Hear voices from the following (and more!): Kaplan Early Learning—Check out the I was part of designing! (check out our —I direct this!) , Washington, DC , NJ Eastern Connecticut State University—, lab school Public Television System , San Francisco, CA , FL FL , PA , Chicago, IL ...
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Loose Parts in Action with Lisa Daly
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20% off with code LPIA23 until November 30th, 2023. Find the book at Redleaf Press: --- Book--Loose Parts Learning in K-3 Classrooms: Loose Parts Play Facebook Page: Loose Parts Play Facebook Group: Inside Outside Michiana Facebook Page: Loose Parts Nature Play Website:
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Setting Up an Inviting Space with Little Barn Owls
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—we chatted about this! Instagram pages: @lbo_charlotteb @littlebarnowls Book--Loose Parts Learning in K-3 Classrooms: Loose Parts Play Facebook Page: Loose Parts Play Facebook Group: Inside Outside Michiana Facebook Page: Loose Parts Nature Play Website:
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ICAN Play 30 and Seasonal Book Chat
Book Pick: The Sense of Wonder by Rachel Carson
“For most of us, knowledge of our world comes largely through sight, yet we look about with such unseeing eyes that we are partially blind. One way to open your eyes to unnoticed beauty is to ask yourself, "What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?” ― Rachel Carson
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” ― Rachel Carson
“It is not half so important to know as to feel.” ― Rachel Carson
“The years of early childhood are the time to prepare the soil. Once the emotions have been aroused - a sense of the beautiful, the excitement of the new and unknown, a feeling of sympathy, pity, admiration or love - then we wish for knowledge about the object of our emotional response. Once found, it has lasting meaning.” ― Rachel Carson
“Many children... delight in the small and inconspicuous.” ― Rachel Carson
“It is more important to pave the way for the child to want to know than to put him on a diet of facts he is not ready to assimilate.” ― Rachel Carson
“The lasting pleasures of contact with the natural world are not reserved for scientists but are available to anyone who will place himself under the influence of earth, sea, and sky and their amazing life.” ― Rachel Carson
“If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder … he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in.” —Rachel Carson
Discussion Questions:
What is a sense of wonder?
How do we regain the sense of wonder in ourselves?
How do we share the sense of wonder with our children?
How can we share and rediscover the sense of joy and wonder with children?
What other resources help you with wonder?
What’s the difference between wonder and curiosity?
If you want to witness a natural display of a sense of wonder, just observe a child. A child’s whole world is viewed through the eyes of wonder and excitement. A child has no judgements of why things are so, but rather a child is in awe of life and views life through innocence, purity and curiosity. –Mary Paleologos
Join us!
THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023
8 PM – 9 PM, Eastern Time
Spring ICAN Play 30 and Balanced and Barefoot Book Chat
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