Connecting Children to Nature - May 20 and June 3

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Forster Community Center 404 First Ave., Rock Rapids, Iowa

May 20 , 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Learning with Nature

Explore common barriers that keep children from creating positive connections with the natural world, and discover ways families and educators can counteract them. A multitude of hands-on ideas and re-sources will be shared.

• CDA — Planning a safe, healthy learning environment. 3 Clock Hours

June 3, 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. The Importance of Visual Spatial Learning

Discover tools for providing more authentic learning opportunities for children in both built and natural environments and through purposeful movement.

• CDA — Principles of child development and learning. 3 Clock Hours

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED BY MAY15:

* Child care providers— Register online through the Iowa Child Care Training Registry

https://ccmis.dhs.state.ia.us/trainingregistry

Cost: Free Thanks to our Sponsor the Lyon County Extension Council

Nature Explore is a collaborative project of the Arbor Day Foundation and Dimensions Educational Research Foundation and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach