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Embracing Messy Play: Using Documentation To Illustrate A Partnership Of Community, Teachers, And Nature Education., Jennifer Leeper Miller, Erin Hamel
Embracing Messy Play: Using Documentation To Illustrate A Partnership Of Community, Teachers, And Nature Education., Jennifer Leeper Miller, Erin Hamel
Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications
The perfect companion to nature is messy play. Allowing children (and pre-service teachers) the opportunity to touch, prod, splash, toss, and experience the natural world through their senses is a must. Teachers created opportunities for children to wonder, engage and marvel in the natural world through hands on experiences; using mud day to spark interactions and inquiry among children, families, teachers and mud.
Experiences In Nature: Pathways To Standards, Jennifer Leeper Miller, Jennifer Benson Gerdes
Experiences In Nature: Pathways To Standards, Jennifer Leeper Miller, Jennifer Benson Gerdes
Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications
Experiences in nature provide an easily accessible pathway to addressing standards. If teachers provide time in the natural world children are using this environment to learn. The outdoor environment gives teachers a perfect location and the tools to teach and meet standards in the early childhood classroom.