Tag Archives: Mavis Lewis-Webber

Mavis Lewis-Webber’s Forest School Musings

One of our Manitoba Nature Summit committee members Mavis Lewis-Webber took the Forest School Practitioner’s course at Tir-Na-Nog Forest school in 2013 to become a practitioner with Forest School Canada and has started teaching other’s the Forest School way. This … Continue reading

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11 Simple Ideas to Naturalize your Outdoor Play Space- Mavis Lewis-Webber

1. Minimize the plastic and metal play structures. Allow the children to use these close ended play structures in their own creative way – give them blankets to create forts and hiding places etc. 2. Add a dirt or sand … Continue reading

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Manitoba Nature Action Collaborative for Children- October Meeting

  Date: Thursday, October 10, 2013 Discovery Children’s Centre 367 Hampton St. (corner of Hampton & Silver – near Polo Park) 7:00 PM for the meeting (6:30 for those wanting a guided tour of Discovery) RSVP to Ron Blatz at … Continue reading

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MNACC schedule of events for 2013/2014

Here is a list of Manitoba Nature Action Collaborative for Children events for the next year- as cut and pasted from Ron Blatz’ email tree: We have put together a skeleton schedule together for 2013-2014 MNACC Meetings.  Again we have … Continue reading

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Forest School Practitioner Course – Mavis Lewis-Webber

In July 2013 I had the privilege of attending one of two Forest School Practitioners’ Courses offered in Canada.  Our setting was Tir Na Nog Forest School in Sussex, New Brunswick.   Sixteen educators – working with preschool children, school … Continue reading

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Meet the Nature Summit Organizing Committee – part 2

Meet Mavis Lewis-Webber! Mavis is committed to the idea of getting all children outdoors in  nature and seeks whatever opportunity presents itself to address this  goal. As the treasurer Mavis has been involved since the inception of  the Manitoba Nature … Continue reading

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