Useful Bits
Recently I tackled the job of organizing the links on our resource page. I also added a few more links related to play and nature that I had found to be valuable, fun or interesting.…
Creating the Connection
I attended the 2010 Nature Summit which was intended to allow “educators to immerse themselves in nature and rediscover their own sense of wonder”. What were some of my childhood nature experiences? I remember the…
The Top Ten Reasons to Garden with your Children-1
I started this as a single post about why you should garden with children but it’s turning out to be too long so I’ve turned it into a series. I personally think that gardening with…
M.N.A.C.C MANITOBA NATURE ACTION COLLABORATIVE FOR CHILDREN
MNACC November Meeting- Nature & Your School Are you planning a new play yard at your school? perhaps an adventure playground, butterfly garden and/or outdoor classroom? If you don’t know where to start or…
Meet the Nature Summit Organizing Committee – Cheryl
Meet Cheryl Tremblay. Cheryl has been a licensed family childcare provider since 1997 and in 2007 she began to focus on a nature based curriculum. She spends as much time as possible outdoors with…
Meet the Nature Summit Organizing Committee – Kristi Fitzgerald
Meet Kristi Fitzgerald. Kristi currently works for MLA Nellie Kennedy and has previously worked in early childhood environments; supporting children, families and providers for more than 15 years. She is our current chairperson, has…
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 former treasurer Mavis has been involved since…
Meet the Nature Summit Organizing Committee – part 1
Meet Ruth Lindsey-Armstrong. Although she will deny it vehemently she is the fearless leader – aka the ORIGINAL Chairperson of the Nature Summit. While there were a number of us all thinking the same things…
Welcome to NatureSummitMB.com
As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make-believe continues into adulthood. Certainly I’ve lived my whole life through my imagination. But the…
Advanced Treasure Hunting
I’ve never hunted for a geo-cache. But I have friends and colleagues who do and descriptions of it sound like the perfect activity to do with children. I’m definitely putting it on my to-do list for this year. I also think that it is the perfect marriage between a love of nature and the use of new technologies.
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