Early Childhood Outdoor Learning Network 2018 Conference
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Our third Conference on Pedagogy and Practice in Early Childhood Outdoor Learning was held in April 2018.
Download program from file on left. Overview below. We were honoured to be welcomed on country by Bunurong elder N'Arweet Carolyn Briggs. Tim Entwisle spoke about Melbourne's weather and the cycle of seasons we can observe here. We brought Fran Hughes down from Sydney to talk about what is happening in nature kindergarten there. We had a very interesting panel discussion over lunch All our workshops were well received. They were: Using story telling as part of nature kindergarten practice - Karen and Anne from Balnarring Kindergarten Ephemeral art - hands on workshop on making art with found natural materials - with Shona Wilson Boon Wurrung Language - learning about Boon Wurrung language revitalisation with Bunurong elder N'Arweet Carolyn Briggs Learning about land management and birds with ranger Brian Thomas Maths with young children in nature - with Dr Kathy Swinkels Ian Potter Childrens' Garden Tour - with Emily Barrow Details Saturday 21 April, 9.30 am - 4 pm at Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne cost (affordable!) $130 full price/$110 concession catering by Kinfolk |