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PROVIDES
Place-Based Education

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Placing students in authentic environments in which they have first-hand experiences.
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Providing a hands-on approach to learning by implementing inquiry-based studies.
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Exploring concepts in real time as they occur in authentic settings following the natural cycles of nature and inquiry.
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Connecting to relevant community activity such as environmentalism, conservation, agriculture, etc.
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Deploying educators who value relevant experiences in authentic environments over isolated instruction in re-created or virtual environments.
THROUGH
A Nature School Program

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Immersing children in all seasons and most weather by locating programming in outdoor settings.
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Integrating best practice and curriculum into the outdoor setting.
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Employing educators with expertise in the nature school ethos and who hold deep values of stewardship, conservation, and nature connectedness.
UTILIZING
An Emergent Curriculum

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Placing the teacher in the role of facilitator who frames experiences and brings children opportunities for discovery.
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Placing the child in the role of the initiator who drives the learning process.
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Providing flexible, dynamic curriculum that is responsive to the child.
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Deployed by educators who hold developmentally appropriate expectations of learning and behavior.
IMPLEMENTING
Teaching Strategies' Creative Curriculum for Preschool

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Placing educational theory and research at the foundation of the curriculum.
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Addressing how and what children learn through a deep knowledge of child development.
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Designing learning environments that are engaging, organized, and tailored to meet individual needs.
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Designing daily routines and weekly plans that are predictable yet flexible.
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Creating a learning community that emphasizes relationship-building and responsive teaching.
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Partnering with families to build authentic relationships and promote strong communication.
DELIVERED
In the
Wilderplay Way

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Delivering programming at a peaceful, gentle pace where the academic, administrative, curricular, regulatory, and otherwise cluttered and stressful nature of early childhood education are excluded from the child’s experience.
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Expressing a deep respect for childhood through an abundance of time spent in open-ended
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Ensuring that NATURE is a child’s third teacher (the parent is first, the teacher is second).
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Providing a safe, private, family home setting as the backdrop to early learning adventures.