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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
Posted in Blog, Nature Summit Organizing Committee
Tagged forest school blog, Forest School Canada, Forest School Musings, forest school practitioner's course, Manitoba Nature Summit, Mavis Lewis-Webber
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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
Posted in Blog, Inspiring Playscapes
Tagged adventure playgrounds, Fence Weaving, Fort Building, gardening with kids, Greening your Playground, Inspiring Play Spaces, Mavis Lewis-Webber, Nature Playgrounds, Outdoor Play Space, Playgrounds
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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
Posted in Events, MNACC, News
Tagged Discovery Children's Centre, Forest Schools, Mavis Lewis-Webber, networking meeting, TWO weeks outdoor challenge, Two Weeks Outdoors
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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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Tagged Forest Kindergarten, Manitoba Nature Action Collaborative for Children, Mavis Lewis-Webber, MNACC, Ron Blatz, Toni Christie, Two Weeks Outdoors
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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
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
Posted in Blog, General, News, Past Committee Members, Uncategorized
Tagged Earthcycles, Environmental Education, Environmental Education for Preschool Children, Mavis Lewis-Webber, Preschool children, treasurer
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