Loose Parts Nature Play

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Intaking Loose Parts Nov 23, 2019

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Intaking Loose Parts

Ask! Be specific. Advertise.
Designate a collecting place.
Inspect for safety hazards and applicability.
Clean.
Sort.
Containerize. Make it visual.
Store.
Rotate.
Consider your maintenance plan.

We believe that every child knows how to play, and needs only time, space, opportunity and maybe a little support in order to do so. Climbing trees, making box forts, loitering in hammocks—these are the experiences every child needs and deserves.

-Morgan Leichter-Saxby and Suzanna Law

The New Adventure Playground Movement

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Pop Up Adventure Play

https://popupadventureplaygrounds.wordpress.com

https://www.facebook.com/popupplay/

Smooth Edge Can Opener

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Fish Bowl Organizers

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Outdoor Kit Nov 08, 2019

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"Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life."

John Muir

First Aid Kit:

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Clipboards:

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Fundanas:

https://www.fundanabandanas.com

Wagon:

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Lugable Loo:

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Stainless Steel Buckets:

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Go Find It:

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Go Find It Too:

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Play the Forest School Way:

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(aff links)

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Adding Loose Parts to an Elementary Schoolyard Oct 27, 2019

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Scrapstore Playpod

https://youtu.be/nqi1KyJJeKg

More natural options from Evergreen Canada:

https://youtu.be/MDl5T51zhh0

Temporary and Mobile Nature Play options:

http://loosepartsnatureplay.libsyn.com/nature-play-fun-creating-temporary-and-mobile-nature-play-spaces

Outdoor Classrooms:

http://loosepartsnatureplay.libsyn.com/outdoor-classrooms

http://loosepartsnatureplay.libsyn.com/loose-parts-in-outdoor-classrooms-0

http://loosepartsnatureplay.libsyn.com/adding-plants-to-an-outdoor-classroom-0

Outdoor Classroom Day https://outdoorclassroomday.com/resources/lesson-ideas/

7 November 2019, 21 May 2020

PLT Green Schools Initiative== https://www.plt.org/educator-tips/creating-an-outdoor-classroom-things-to-consider/

http://www.schoolyards.org/pdf/OutdoorClassroomUsersGuide.pdf

Children fund raised: https://www.milkeneducatorawards.org/connections/articles/view/crystal-dozier-outdoor-classroom

We could never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it. –George Eliot

Books (aff links):

Playing it Up with Loose Parts

https://amzn.to/2Bs7VPE

Nature Play at Home

https://amzn.to/35N54ix

Asphalt to Ecosystems Design ideas for schoolyard transformation

https://amzn.to/2B7RDeL

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Concerns with an Outdoor Space Oct 11, 2019

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The First Days of School (Wong and Wong):

https://amzn.to/35pa0cW

Fabrics in an Outdoor Classroom Podcast Episode (Gull—that's me!):

http://loosepartsnatureplay.libsyn.com/fabric-as-a-loose-part-den-making

Nature Preschools and Forest Kindergartens: The Handbook for Outdoor Learning (David Sobel):

https://amzn.to/2nFig7O

Preschool Beyond Walls: Blending Early Childhood and Nature-Based Learning (Larimore):

https://amzn.to/33hj2a0

A Forest Days Handbook: Program Design for School Days Outside (Minnucci):

https://amzn.to/31byAek

"Children are born naturalists. They explore the world with all of their senses, experiment in the environment, and communicate their discoveries to those around them." ~ The Audubon Nature Preschool

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The Kids Aren't Playing! Sep 24, 2019

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Loose Parts Inspired Books

http://insideoutsidemichiana.blogspot.com/2016/04/loose-parts-books.html

Marc Armitage's Dump Challenge

https://m.facebook.com/marc.armitage.at.play/posts/tackle-the-great-adult-dilemma-embrace-the-dump-a-challengeplay-playing-playwork/2169568523152250/

30 plus Approaches to Loose Parts

http://insideoutsidemichiana.blogspot.com/2017/05/30-plus-ways-to-approach-loose-parts.html

Book Pick: This is Sadie

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Loose Parts in Outdoor Classrooms Aug 22, 2019

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Definitions of Loose Parts in Early Childhood Outdoor Classrooms: A Scoping Review

https://naturalstart.org/sites/default/files/journal/6._gull_et_al._formatted_draft_v2.pdf

A Whole Other Magic by Gigi Joob

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1999090101?ref=myi_title_dp

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Loose Parts in Outdoor Classrooms Aug 22, 2019

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Definitions of Loose Parts in Early Childhood Outdoor Classrooms: A Scoping Review

https://naturalstart.org/sites/default/files/journal/6._gull_et_al._formatted_draft_v2.pdf

A Whole Other Magic by Gigi Joob

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1999090101?ref=myi_title_dp

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Embracing Diversity in Children's Nature Books Jun 23, 2019

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Embracing Diversity in Children's Nature Books

https://naturalstart.org/sites/default/files/journal/9._book_reviews_formatted_0.pdf

Natural Start Alliance:

https://naturalstart.org/

Book Picks (Aff links):

Amy's Light

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Because Your Mommy Loves You

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Bringing the Outside In

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Daniel Finds a Poem

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Fort Building Time

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Hiking Day

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I Am the Rain

https://amzn.to/2IAsqyl

If You Love Honey: Nature's Connections

https://amzn.to/2N1kie9

John Denver's For Baby

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John Denver's Sunshine on My Shoulders

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Sometimes Rain

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Stick!

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The Snowy Day

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Under One Rock

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Water is Water

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What's in the Garden?

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When the Snow Falls

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Where's Rodney?

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Wild Ones: Observing City Critters

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Other Resources:

Black Faces, White Spaces

Building Cultural Empathy and Celebrating Diversity in Nature-based Early Childhood Education—

https://naturalstart.org/feature-stories/building-cultural-empathy-and-celebrating-diversity-nature-basedearly-childhood

Diverse Book Finder—

https://diversebookfinder.org/

Forest Kindergartens: A Multicultural Perspective—

https://naturalstart.org/feature-stories/forest-kindergartens-multicultural-perspective

Hashtag— #WeNeedDiverseBooks

Outdoor Afro: Where Black People and Nature Meet—

http://outdoorafro.com/

The Nature Book Nook Book—

https://www.facebook.com/naturebooknook/

Nature-inspired Children's Book and Storytelling Facebook group—

https://www.facebook.com/groups/naturechildrensbooks/

The Ultimate List of Diverse & Inclusive Books to Support Nature-based Learning

https://www.wonderkin.com/blog-home/diverse-and-inclusive-books-to-support-nature-based-learning

Urban Environmental Education

https://naaee.org/eepro/resources/urbanenvironmental-education

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Playing in the Rain Jun 08, 2019

Show notes

Playing in the Rain:

https://insideoutsidemichiana.blogspot.com/2014/08/playing-in-rain.html

Tinkergarten Umbrella/Rain activities:

https://tinkergarten.com/activities/clouds-rain-and-meatballs

https://tinkergarten.com/activities/secret-hideaway

Gearing Up for the Rain:

https://tinkergarten.com/pages/wet-winter

Quotes:

"Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain." - Author Unknown

"A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods" - Rachel Carson

"Life's not about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about Learning To Dance In The Rain." - Vivian Greene

Book Picks (aff links):

The Big Umbrella

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I Am the Rain

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Sometimes Rain

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Water is Water

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Rain by Manya Stojic

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Puddle Jumpers by Anne Margaret Lewis

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Raindrops Roll by April Pulley Sayre

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Mushroom in the Rain

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NAI Region 4 Conference May 30, 2019

Show notes

NAI—National Association of Interpretation:

https://www.interpnet.com/

Region 4: http://nairegion4.weeb ly.com/

CIG Training:

https://www.interpnet.com/NAI/interp/Certification/Overview/nai/_certification/NAI_Certification.aspx?hkey=fa8b1be4-ee12-436d-ac61-7cdd7efd3926

2019 Region 4 Conference:

http://nairegion4.weebly.com/uploads/8/9/3/5/8935383/nai_region_4_2019_workshop_booklet_final.pdf

Interpretation Information and Quotes:

https://www.nps.gov/idp/interp/101/FoundationsCurriculum.pdf

Book Pick (aff link):

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