Join us on Tuesday, August 9, 2022
for our Nature-Based Learning Pre-Conference
Our Pre-Conference is Full!
You are welcome to add your name to our waitlist
(in case anyone drops out) below
Link to waitlist: Pre-Conference Wait List
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
8:00a.m.- 4:00p.m.
Leave WOU at 8:00a.m.
Spend the morning (9:30-11:00a.m.) on the Oregon Coast with McKenzie Purdom, Lori Quay, & Jillian Brenner from the Oregon Recess Adventure School
for a hike at Beverly Beach in Newport, Oregon! Discover how to use natural materials with your class. Touch ancient fossils, explore unique properties of sand, water wildlife, & discover a variety of native plants. Practice inquiry techniques & leave feeling inspired to share your new outdoor skills with you students.
Return to WOU for lunch (provided) and take part in an afternoon workshop (1:00-4:00p.m.) with Cindy Ryan, WOU Early Childhood faculty
Bringing the Outside in and the Inside Out: Nature-Based Learning in Early Childhood
Set II (CKC-Learning Environments & Curriculum; Special Needs)
Join in this activity packed workshop where you will learn about nature-based learning in early childhood where we will bring inside activities to the outdoors and outside learning into our classrooms. Learn what nature-based learning means and how to implement developmentally appropriate best practices for children of all abilities both inside and outside the classroom.
Pre-Conference $80.00
What’s provided:
Transportation to & from the coast
Food: Continental Breakfast, Snacks for the road, lunch back at WOU,
and dinner at the end of the day
Teacher Resource Book: Nature-Based Learning for Young Children: Anytime, Anywhere & on Any Budget
Both-Morning and Afternoon workshops and materials
If interested, housing is available on campus beginning Monday, August 8
You are welcome to add your name to our waitlist
(in case anyone drops out) below
Link to waitlist: Pre-Conference Wait List
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
8:00a.m.- 4:00p.m.
Leave WOU at 8:00a.m.
Spend the morning (9:30-11:00a.m.) on the Oregon Coast with McKenzie Purdom, Lori Quay, & Jillian Brenner from the Oregon Recess Adventure School
for a hike at Beverly Beach in Newport, Oregon! Discover how to use natural materials with your class. Touch ancient fossils, explore unique properties of sand, water wildlife, & discover a variety of native plants. Practice inquiry techniques & leave feeling inspired to share your new outdoor skills with you students.
Return to WOU for lunch (provided) and take part in an afternoon workshop (1:00-4:00p.m.) with Cindy Ryan, WOU Early Childhood faculty
Bringing the Outside in and the Inside Out: Nature-Based Learning in Early Childhood
Set II (CKC-Learning Environments & Curriculum; Special Needs)
Join in this activity packed workshop where you will learn about nature-based learning in early childhood where we will bring inside activities to the outdoors and outside learning into our classrooms. Learn what nature-based learning means and how to implement developmentally appropriate best practices for children of all abilities both inside and outside the classroom.
Pre-Conference $80.00
What’s provided:
Transportation to & from the coast
Food: Continental Breakfast, Snacks for the road, lunch back at WOU,
and dinner at the end of the day
Teacher Resource Book: Nature-Based Learning for Young Children: Anytime, Anywhere & on Any Budget
Both-Morning and Afternoon workshops and materials
If interested, housing is available on campus beginning Monday, August 8
Recess Outdoor Adventure School students & staff take part in Kelp jumping on the Oregon coast.
