Outdoor Learning & Early Childhood Education

May 31st reading group meeting details & announcements

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Happy Spring, Our next reading group meeting will take place at Terra Nova Nature School, in Richmond. On Wednesday, May 31st, we’ll meet at 10:30am in order to be finished around noon. The address for the school is:   2680 River Road, Richmond, B.C. PLEASE PARK in the Adventure Play Space public parking lot, just west of the school, so that no vehicles come down the driveway while program is in session 🙂 Thanks! We plan to read:  Carie Green, Darius Kalvaitis & Anneliese Worster (2016) Recontextualizing psychosocial development in young children:…read more

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April plan

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Hi everyone, The plan has shifted for April. There will be NO gathering on April 10th (Monday evening). Instead, we will be meeting at 11:30am (till 12:30-1pm) on Saturday, April 22nd. The gathering will be held during the Earth Day celebration at Everett Crowley Park. We will meet at the log reading circle, 2 mins walk south west of Manfred’s Meadow. You will also have time to participate in the Earth Day activities or explore the park before or after the reading group 🙂 The article will be: Affrica Taylor &…read more

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February thank you; Looking forward to March & April

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Thanks for a fun reading group on February 15th. It was certainly enlivening to unpack the article: Alex Kudryavtsev , Richard C. Stedman & Marianne E. Krasny (2012) Sense of place in environmental education, Environmental Education Research, 18:2, 229-250, DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2011.609615 Sorry that I forgot to post an announcement about it on the blog. ——————————————————————————————————————– Next reading group is Wednesday, March 8, 1PM-2PM, SCARFE GARDEN (Southwest side of the building) This gathering is designed to be accessible to B.Ed. students, as it is during their lunch hour and adjacent to where classes…read more

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Reading Group Dates for Winter & Spring 2017 AND Article for January gathering

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Please see the calendar for updated reading group dates. For now, they are scheduled for 11:00-12:30 pm on the following Wednesdays: Jan 18, Feb 15, Mar 8, Apr 10 [Monday], Apr 26, May 17*, June 21. *We hope that this May date will take place at Terra Nova Nature School. FOR JANUARY 18, we will be reading: David F. Lancy, Utah State University. “Playing With Knives: The Socialization of Self-Initiated Learners”. Child Development, May/June 2016, Volume 87, Number 3, Pages 654–665. Please contact David if you are having trouble finding this article. We…read more

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