What you'll learn
This course will help you to understand the benefits of teaching and learning in nature, the risks and hazards you’re likely to face and how to communicate these to inspire families, co-workers and managers to join the nature play movement. Together we can get more kids enjoying and benefitting from being outside in nature!
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Nature Journalling
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Mindfulness In Nature
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Theoretical frameworks underpinning Nature Play
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Program design and planning
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Identifying play urges in young children
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Reading landscapes & wild spaces
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How to set up a base camp
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Conducting a Risk Assessment
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Appropriate tool use for young children
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Introduction to bird language & animal tracking
Course curriculum
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1
Week One: Wilding The Self - We Are Nature
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Presentation
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Starting Our Journey
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Week One Outline
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How To Do Sit Spots
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How To Journal
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Rewilding Our Children
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What is Nature
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BONUS CONTENT - Kids In Nature
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BONUS CONTENT - How to play in nature
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Literature Review
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Live Session - via Zoom
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2
Week Two: Wilding The Self - Mentoring In Nature
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Week Two Outline
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Presentation
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Dialogues With Nature
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Mentors Glossary
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Sit Spot Prompts
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Mentors Glossary
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BONUS CONTENT - Kids In Nature Week 2
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Live Session - via Zoom
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3
Week Three: Engaging Through Elements of Nature
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Week Three Outline
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Presentation
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Inner Nature
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Music In Nature
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Mentor Glossary
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Sit Spots & Prompts
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WEEK THREE BONUS Material
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Live Session - via Zoom
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WEEK THREE BONUS VIDEO
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4
Week Four: Engaging Through Environmental Knowledge
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Week Four Outline
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Introduction to Bird Language
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Core Routines
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Predator Tracking
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Sit Spots
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Sit Spots Prompts
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Story of the Day
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Honouring The Land
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Course Summary
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Live Session - via Zoom
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5
Week Five: Facilitating Nature Play - Planning & Practices
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Week Five Outline
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Presentation
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Guiding Principles
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Sit Spot Prompts
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Setting Up A Nature Play Site
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Live Session - via Zoom
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6
Week Six: Facilitating Nature Play - Implementing & Reflecting
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Week Six Outline
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Presentation
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Nature Play Resources
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Sit Spot Prompts
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Creating a Risk Benefit Assessment
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Sample Safety Checklist
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Benefits of Nature Play
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Live Session - via Zoom
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Senior Instructor
Erin Chapman

Senior Instructor
Lisa Siegel

Senior Instructor
Tanya Fox
What past students say

WONDERFUL!

A GREAT EXPERIENCE

PHILOSOPHICAL & HIGHLY PRACTICAL
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Choose to do the course at your own pace or join our next cohort and receive online mentoring via zoom. To make our courses available to as many people as possible we also offer Pay What You Can options.
We believe that part of creating a more ecologically balanced world includes creating a “green” economy, based on equity and justice.
Nature Academy offers this program on a “PAY AS YOU CAN” basis.