Workshops
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Conferences & Workshops:
CONFERENCE:
Creating the Outdoor Classroom: A Conference for Early Childhood Educators
(Semi-Annual OCP County-Wide Conference)
WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS:
Creating Early Childhood Success With The Outdoor Classroom
“Standard” introduction to the Outdoor Classroom - With “The Silent Emergency” Preface - For ECE teachers and administrators. (1.25 - 1.5 hrs)
Setting Up Your Outdoor Environment
“OCP Seminar 1" - Part 1 for teaching staff. (1.25 - 1.5 hrs.)
Evaluating Your Classroom
“OCP Seminar 1" - Part 2 for teaching staff (1.25 - 1.5 hrs.)
Understanding, Articulating and Advocating For the Outdoor Classroom
“OCP Seminar 2" - Three workshops of 1.25 hrs., expandable to 2 hrs. each.
Workshop 1: “Why is the Outdoor Classroom critical to child health?”
Workshop 2: “How do children learn outdoors? Why is it important for learning?”
Workshop 3: “How do you explain the value of the Outdoor Classroom to parents and other teachers?”
Convincing Parents, Teachers, and Directors to Support the Outdoor Classroom
OCP Conference workshop for teachers and directors “F” (1.25- 2.00 hrs)
Wild? Wacky? Inspirational! Ideas to Encourage and Enhance the Outdoor Experiences for Young Children
A conference-based workshop for teaching staff / understanding and implementing Outdoor Classroom activities (1.25 - 1.5 hrs.)
Get Up, Get Out, Get Learning!
conference-based workshop for teaching staff / looking at health implications and the value of outdoor play (1.25 - 1.5 hrs.)
Exemplary Environments in Early Care and Education: Finding Health and Learning in the Outdoor Classroom
(A workshop for parents 1.5 - 2 hrs)
Working With Young Museum Visitors
(For museum staff)
Overcoming Your Center’s Challenges to Implementing the Outdoor Classroom
(1.25 - 1.5 hrs.)
Learning in the Outdoor Classroom
(1.25 - 1.5 hrs.)