Live Schedule

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2:00 PM EDT

Grad Student Networking

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3:00 PM EDT

Advocacy Listening Session

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Kit Harrington

Strand

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Tuesday, July 25

11:00 AM EDT

Texas Site Tour and Q&A

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Elizabeth Boileau, Dr. Victoria Carr

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Virtual Site Tour

12:00 PM EDT

Workshop: Pushing Past Bias and Challenging Classroom Behaviors

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Strand

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4:00 PM EDT

Building Capacity for Nature-Based Early Learning: Presenting Two New Degree Programs

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Strand

Teacher Development

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Pushing the Boundaries for Change: Navigating the Licensing Journey

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Brooke Larm, Leigh Rowe

Strand

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Wednesday, July 26

11:00 AM EDT

Minnesota Site Tour and Q&A

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Laura Seger, Kelsey Navin

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Virtual Site Tour

12:00 PM EDT

Creating Positive Inclusion Experiences for Neurodiverse Children and Their Families

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Strand

Teacher Development

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Yvonne Fleming, Peter Fleming

Snuggling into a Cozy Community of Kindness

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Welcome to the World of the Weatherbies: Environmental Education through Friendship

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Ekaterina Novikova, Annette Pic

1:00 PM EDT

Child Language in a Nature-Based Preschool: Does the Classroom Setting Make a Difference?

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Research

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Vera Feeny, Brenda Kessler, Ellen Bashor, Jamie Rayford, Janice Alexander

How Cities and Local Partners are Planning and Implementing Citywide Early Childhood Nature Connection Initiatives

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Strand

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The Children's Forest Project: An American Forest School Leader's Call to Grow the Children's Forest Network "Across the Pond"

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Sally Stevens

Strand

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Jenny James, Lea Ann Christenson

2:00 PM EDT

CASEL Framework at Play in Nature

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Climate Education for All: Ensuring Equal Access to Climate Education Through Creative Partnerships

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Ready or Not, Here We Come! Assessing Kindergarten Readiness in the Outdoor Classroom

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3:00 PM EDT

Fairies: Finding the Magic in Nature

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Treescape Advocacy: Children's Play as Advocacy for Access to Nature

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Ron Grady

Strand

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Village-Led Learning in the Nature-Based Educational Setting

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Strand

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4:00 PM EDT

Nurturing Spirituality in Schools: An Evidence-Based Approach to Holistic Wellbeing

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Dr. Amy Chapman

Format

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Featured

Thursday, July 27

11:00 AM EDT

Michigan Site Tour and Q&A

Speaker(s)

Format

Carie Green, Ugochukwu Ezeakunne, Hailey Kristjanson, Habiba Rinky

Type

Virtual Site Tour

12:00 PM EDT

An Environmental Identity Development (EID) Framework for Nurturing Young Children's Experiences Outdoors

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Strand

Research

Format

Type

Archana Panicker, Ms. Preeti Rawat

Green Teacher

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Teacher Development

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Christine Skrobot, Katie Pollock

Inclusive Farming: Making Farm-Based Early Childhood Education Accessible for Diverse Learners and Diverse Communities

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What You Can Do About Childhood Trauma

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1:00 PM EDT

Building Resilient Communities through Participatory Practices

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Let's Go Outside: Endless Discoveries Across the First State

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What's the Word: Language Learning with Emergent Multilinguals Outdoors

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2:00 PM EDT

Exploring Nature Connectedness Among Icelandic Children of Preschool Age

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Gender Expression in Early Childhood Education

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Anne Ouwerkerk

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Aliza Yair, Debbie Groff, Diana Stokes

Making Learning Visible in an Outdoor Environment

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3:00 PM EDT

Does the Quality of Outdoors Matter on Teachers' Usage: An Exploratory Study Examining the Relationship between Quality of Outdoor Learning Environments and Teacher's Use of the Outdoors in Preschools in Turkey

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The Successes and Challenges in Licensing Outdoor Nature-Based Programs in Washington State

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Strand

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4:00 PM EDT

Nature & Health Equity in Childhood: Our Differences are Our Strengths

Speaker(s)

Dr. Amber Fyfe-Johnson

Format

Type

Featured

Friday, July 28

12:00 PM EDT

Finding Nature in the City

Speaker(s)

Mélina Mangal

Format

Louise Ammentorp, Natasha Agrawal, Niurka Corado, Sandra Estrada

Type

Featured

1:00 PM EDT

Gather Round the Campfire: Storytelling in the Forest

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Teaching and Learning with Hydroponics in Early Childhood Bilingual Classrooms

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Angela Cannon, Elisabeth Cowley

What Makes the Sun? Explaining Nature Through Pourquoi Stories

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2:00 PM EDT

Bringing the Deaf Community to Toddler Forest School

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Em Shipman, Amy Wagenfeld

Math in the Outdoor Classroom in Winter

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Parent Engagement: Finding Balance Throughout a Pandemic

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3:00 PM EDT

Coming to Our Senses: Fun and Easy Ways to Use Gardens and Greenspaces to Enrich Sensory Integration

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Ashley Brailsford, Stephanie McFadden, Nathan Todd

Farm Babies: A Culturally-Centered Nature Program Cultivating Community with Families

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Jenny Hanlon, Anna Dutke, Heidi Faris, Sheila Williams Ridge, Megan Gessler

Nature-Based Early Childhood Program Assessment and Guidebook

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Administration

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