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Au Grand Air Cooperative – Nature-Based Education The Au Grand Air Cooperative – Nature-Based Education offers a unique educational approach focused on fostering a harmonious relationship with nature. Its experienced team possesses extensive expertise and solid skills acquired in various fields, including teaching, psychoeducation, outdoor special education, physical education, early childhood development, and nature-based and adventure-based...

Seattle PlayGarden's Online Inclusion Learning Hub. The goal of the learning hub is to be a place where people in the community such as parents or other youth-care providers can come and learn about inclusion by downloading and reading our inclusion toolkit, interacting with our blog, exploring the lessons on inclusion, stories on inclusion, or by...

The Seattle Children's PlayGarden is a one-acre inclusive urban public park located in south central Seattle. The PlayGarden’s core values of inclusion, adventure play and garden to table guide their staff in achieving their mission of providing children of all abilities a safe, accessible and adventurous place to play!   Learn more about them here!...

Ecosource is an organization based in Peel Region that empowers the community to become more environmentally responsible through creative public education (e.g., community gardens, summer camps). Their vision is to move public attitudes and perceptions about environmental issues towards responsible personal action, while inspiring personal accountability for the viability of the planet.   Visit their website here....

Developed by Ecosource, the Everywhere Nature Toolkit supports educators, families, and community leaders in fostering children’s connection to nature through outdoor play. Informed by consultations with teachers, early childhood educators, facilitators, and parents across the Region of Peel, the toolkit highlights the benefits of nature engagement, addresses barriers faced in diverse and lower-income communities, and...

Guidance on Nature Connection - Pre-birth to Age 5 Years A new Inspiring Scotland publication, Starting Out to Play, supports practitioners, working with parents, families, and carers, to make the most of the multiple benefits to health, well-being and learning found in connection to nature pre-birth to age 5. To ensure that all children aged 0-5 years have...

The Summer Camp Bondar Challenge is an immersive photography program that fuses art and science to help youth explore nature through a new lens. The program teaches photography skills and an understanding of the science behind the natural world. Participants are challenged to take a photo that captures the biodiversity of nature, and use their...

The Raising the Nation Play Commission is delighted to be launching its final report on the International Day of Play: ‘ Everything to Play For: A Plan to Ensure Every Child in England Can Play'! The report warns that cuts to clubs and playgrounds, busier roads, and increased fears among parents and children about safety, have...

Applying an Indigenous Two-Eyed Seeing approach – taking the strengths from both Indigenous and Western ways of knowing, this resource guide was developed by Katy Cameron, a First Nations female and MSc former graduate student with the HALO Research Lab, as an information tool for families, practitioners and professionals on environmental considerations when playing outdoors in...

Get Kids Paddling is a national not-for-profit organization whose vision is that paddling experiences are accessible to all children and youth across Canada. They hope to achieve this through: Supporting organizations that foster these experiences Promoting opportunities for kids to safely play and learn through paddling self-propelled watercraft Connecting children and youth across Canada with...