Training Address: Online Webinar
It is no surprise to educators of young children that time spent outdoors is good for children. Outdoor play offers a wealth of benefits for children – fresh air, room to run and develop gross motor skills, and opportunities to engage with the natural world in wondrous and surprising ways. Yet, children are not spending as much time outdoors as they could. Compared to the 1970s, children now spend 50 percent less time in unstructured outdoor activities. And, “nearly half of preschoolers in a sample of four million U.S. children [do] not have even one parent-supervised outdoor play opportunity per day.”
As Americans in general are leading more sedentary lives, and the lure of screen technology grows ever present, we in the Early Childhood Education field are faced with a crisis. Children get less exercise, develop isolation from (and even fear of) nature, and a lack of engagement and connection to the natural world. As educators, we have theopportunity to create learning environments that take children back outdoors, creating spaces where children have the chance to learn in and from the world around them. This training will support educators in understanding the importance of an OutdoorClassroom, reviewing guidelines and best practices for outdoor learning, and designing a curriculum that utilizes the outdoors as a crucial piece of ECE curriculum.
Trainer: Jessie Trowbridge
Jessie Trowbridge joined The Institute for Education and Professional Development training team in 2014. Jessie is also an IEPD Course Development Specialist, writing and reviewing the trainings offered. She holds a Bachelor Degree from University of Massachusetts Amherst in Sociology and a Masters of Arts degree in Child Development from Tufts University. Jessie has hands on teaching experience working at a nature-based preschool and has owned her own family child care. She is a great resource and provides fun and informative trainings.
PDC Region: Central
Training Sessions: March 21, 2020, 9:00-3:00
CEU Bearing, English
0.5 CEUs / 5 hours
Registration Link: https://connectedbeginnings.tfaforms.net/402
All participants must be registered in order to receive
credit (CEUs or EEC Training Hours) for their participation.