Mud Kitchen Madness

Mud Kitchen Madness

Workshop Description: Did you make mud pies as a child? Did you spend hours mixing and creating recipes using dirt, water, flowers, and pinecones? What if you could use mud as a teaching tool and eliminate all the worry about messy kids after playing in the mud? What...
Let’s Explore Sun, Light, and Shadow Play

Let’s Explore Sun, Light, and Shadow Play

Workshop Description: Come learn about the elements of the science of sun, light, and shadows and how they can transform child’s play outdoors. Discover a variety of activities using different light sources and objects and how the sun’s position in the sky...
Let’s Talk Trees

Let’s Talk Trees

Workshop Description: Trees are all around us and grow all over the world. They come in many different shapes, sizes, and even colors. Some remain green throughout the year, while others have leaves that change colors and fall to the ground. Let’s Talk Trees and...
Let’s Talk Wildflowers

Let’s Talk Wildflowers

Workshop Description: Did you know that wildflowers represent joy in most cultures? In times like these, joy is what we’re lacking and longing for. Not just you, but your children also. Come learn about flowers, plants, and a variety of wildflower activities that will...
10 Easy Ways to get Kids Birding

10 Easy Ways to get Kids Birding

Workshop Description: Kids are natural explorers; however, not always drawn to birding. When we take a pause in our everyday life, we may hear the bird calls and see the magnificent bird behavior that is often overlooked. Come learn how to introduce birding to kids....
The Art of Mindful Mandala Making

The Art of Mindful Mandala Making

Workshop Description: Have you ever made a Mandala with children? Did you know Mandalas enhance creativity, along with a deeper connection with the self, nature, and the universe? The word “Mandala” means circle, and in this time of uncertainty, we are exploring a...
Children, Mindfulness, and Nature

Children, Mindfulness, and Nature

Workshop Description: How are your children coping with the global pandemic and everything else that is going on in the world? Are they stressed? Are they isolating themselves in front of a screen? Are they depressed or spending less time outdoors? Are fights breaking...
Let’s Make Curriculum-on-the-Go Kits

Let’s Make Curriculum-on-the-Go Kits

Workshop Description: Come learn creative ideas for teaching outdoors with ease outdoors. Alexander Bell once said, “Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.” If we are preparing our children to learn outdoors, then parents and teachers need to rethink...
Transform Your Backyard into a Teaching Garden

Transform Your Backyard into a Teaching Garden

Workshop Description: With every crisis comes an opportunity. Now is the time to look at our backyards, front yards, side yards, windowsills, and porches a little differently. Can we transform these spaces into Teaching Gardens for our children? With time on our side...
Nature Based Curriculum Using Loose Parts

Nature Based Curriculum Using Loose Parts

Workshop Description: If you’re not sure what to do with the kids once you get outdoors or if you’re looking for ways to bring the outdoors inside, this workshop will show you how to instantly create a “pop up” outdoor classroom curriculum. Discover how to use sticks,...
STEAM Outdoors with School Age Children

STEAM Outdoors with School Age Children

Workshop Description: Teach STEAM Outside! Learn how to reconnect children with nature and explore how science, technology, engineering, art, and math activities can be cultivated in the outdoor classroom and/or Backyard Teaching Garden. This jam-packed, interactive...
Rain, Rain, Please Stay

Rain, Rain, Please Stay

Workshop Description: April showers bring May flowers. Let’s talk about all the things we can still do outside in the rain, proper rain gear, and how great the rain is for us. We will share outdoor rain activities, resources, and book lists on the topic. We dig deep,...