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Emerging Opportunities to Share Value of Nature Education

July 9, 2020 janicekelley

Emerging Opportunities to Share Value of Nature Education—Now and Into the Future

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Posted in: Blog, Nature Education Benefits Filed under: children, emerging, future, models, nature, nature education, opportunities, outdoors

Family Nature Clubs

March 27, 2020 janicekelley

“What if parents, grandparents, and kids around the country were to band together to create nature clubs for families? What…

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Posted in: Activities, Blog Filed under: activities, children, Children and Nature Network, club, experience, experiential, families, family, family nautre club, fun, guidebook, individuals, learning, nature, Nature Detectives, outdoors, parents, resources, teachers, travel

Stop, Look, Listen, Touch, Feel

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One of the best ways to create meaningful nature experiences is to STOP, LOOK, LISTEN, AND SMELL. TOUCH only when…

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Posted in: Activities, Blog Filed under: child, children, experience, family, forest, listen, look, nature, Nature Detectives, Nature Detectives field journals, observation, outdoors, play, playing, sight, smell, spider, spider web, stop, touch, touching, walk.

The Alphabet Trail

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All year long, in every season, a careful observer a walk through your school yard, the neighborhood or a local…

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Posted in: Activities, Blog Filed under: alphabet, appreciate, children, creative, enjoy, family, hike, kids, letters, nature, observation, observe, outdoors, trail, walk.

Waiting for Wings

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In Spring we wait to see the wings of butterflies flying from one flower to the next. Butterflies are amazing…

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Posted in: Activities, Blog Filed under: butterflies, butterfly bush, butterfly garden, caterpillars, children, enjoyment, field journals, Nature Detectives, planting, plants, Waiting for Wings, water

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