Posts Tagged ‘Education’
A Spotlight on ECO (Educating Children Outdoors) with Amy Butler
By Natural Start Alliance “Educating Children Outdoors (ECO) is a nature immersion program developed by the North Branch Nature Center located in Montpelier, Vermont. ECO was founded in 2009 by…
Read MorePreschooling Outside
By Mary Zentara, Forest Preschool Director & Co-Teacher Article from the winter edition of our “Field Marks” newsletter When you take a walk at North Branch Nature Center, you’re…
Read MoreCreating Community by Learning With Nature
By Amy Butler * This post was written on October 28 for the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) Blog On a cold and blustery October morning in northern Vermont,…
Read MoreLessons from a Left-handed Leaf
By Zac Cota It was the soggy sort of autumn day that we adults sometimes call “gloomy,” but the first graders at Union Elementary were completely undeterred. After studying the…
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