While the York Region Nature Collaborative was founded in York Region,
events are open to all interested educators, parents and families.
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Saturday, August 07, 2021 at 10:00 AM
onlineListening to Land
Listening to Land as Teacher in Early Childhood Education Come listen to PhD Candidate Hopi Martin (Edge of the Bush) share the findings from this Indigenous qualitative research project that brought together 13 Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives from Elders, Knowledge Keepers, Youth, Parents, and Educators on ‘how learning happens’ when young children are touching Mother Earth.
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All donations will go to support the work of The York Region Nature Collaborative.
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Monday, August 23, 2021 at 09:00 AM
OnlineNEW Online Summer Learning Series with LSRCA
Get ready for back to school and explore the How-To's of outdoor learning with LSRCA. We have five different sessions to choose from, including Loose Parts & Risky Play and Getting Little Feet Wet & Growing Up WILD! All sessions are online and run the week of August 23-27, 2021. Click here to learn more and to register.
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Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 10:00 AM
Stuff From Nature
Description:
World renowned educators Cathy Weisman Topal and Lella Gandini join us to share stories from their new book Beautiful Stuff from Nature- More Learning with Found Materials. Coming from schools and teachers across North America, stories tell of children and teachers exploring nature together. Each features local environments, natural materials and ordinary experience made extraordinary through images, quotes and reflections.
"Through their explorations, collections, creations, displays, and stories, children discover the beauty and variety in their own small piece of the planet."
Presenter Bios:
Cathy Weisman Topal is a research associate at Smith College. For over 35 years Cathy has been a lecturer in the Department of Education and Child Studies at Smith as well as the studio art teacher at the Centre for Early Childhood Education and the Campus School of Smith College. Cathy is the author of several books and visual arts curricula, including Children, Clay and Sculpture; Children and Painting; Beautiful Stuff; Learning with Found Materials; Thinking with a Line; Explorations in Art; Kindergarten; and Creative Minds Out of School. Cathy recently created an interactive website for early childhood teachers- www.thinkingwithaline.com. Cathy is a frequent speaker and workshop facilitator in the U.S. and abroad.
Lella Gandini is the associate editor of the journal Innovations in Education: The International Reggio Exchange. She has conducted research and held faculty positions at the University of Massachusetts, Smith College, and is a visiting scholar at Lesley University. She has led a professional development sessions, lectures, and workshops and has coproduced videos, articles, and interviews on the Reggio Emilia approach. She has published or coedited several books in Italy and the U.S., including The Hundred Languages of Children: The Reggio Emilia Approach to Early Childhood Education, Beautiful Stuff, In the Spirit of the Studio; Learning from the Atelier of Reggio Emilia, Bambini: The Italian Approach to Infant/Toddler Care, and many others. Her curatorial and editorial work has been widely published.
Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/explore-beautiful-stuff-from-nature-tickets-141842337249
All ticket donations go to support the work of the York Region Nature Collaborative!