Teaching and Learning in the Outdoor Classroom

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Calling All Preschool Educators in Arlington County, Virginia!

Are you passionate about helping your students explore, discover, and thrive in the great outdoors? If you’re looking to bring the wonders of nature into your early childhood program, join us for Teaching and Learning in the Outdoor Classroom, hosted at the Early Learning Academy at Marymount University, powered by the Blue Swallow Farm Foundation, and sponsored by Michael & Son Services, LLC!

This inspiring event is designed to help you make the most of your organization’s outdoor space—aligning with both your students’ developmental needs and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) standards.

Here’s what you can look forward to:

A hands-on tour of the Early Learning Academy’s beautiful outdoor classroom, guided by Nancy Striniste—author of Nature Play at Home: Creating Outdoor Spaces that Connect Children to the Natural World (Timber Press 2019).

  • A special book talk and Q&A with Nancy herself
  • Opportunities to collaborate and connect with fellow educators
  • Practical classroom resources to take home

  • A free copy of Nature Play at Home: Creating Outdoor Spaces that Connect Children to the Natural World (Timber Press 2019).

  • Continuing education credit
  • A delicious dinner to wrap up the evening

Don’t miss this chance to spark new ideas, gain practical tools, and grow your professional network—all while deepening your connection to nature-based learning. We can’t wait to see you there!

About Nancy Striniste

Nancy Striniste is the founder and principal designer at EarlySpace, LLC, and has a unique background as both a landscape designer and an early childhood educator.  For more than four decades she has worked with schools, childcare centers, municipalities, and organizations to create sustainably designed natural play and learning spaces in the mid-Atlantic and beyond, and to teach teachers and others about how to use the outdoors for teaching and learning.

Ms. Striniste is the author of Nature Play at Home: Creating Outdoor Spaces that Connect Children to the Natural World (Timber Press 2019). She taught for almost a decade at Antioch University New England in their Nature-based Early Childhood Education Graduate Program, served on the Nature Play Work Group of the Maryland Partnership for Children and Nature, and on the Board of NoVA Outside. After more than 20 years living and practicing in Arlington, Virginia, she is has recently relocated to Bensalem, Pennsylvania.

Nancy recently retired as the National Policy Liaison for Green Schoolyards America where she focused on advocacy for the Living Schoolyards Act, a bill before the US Senate.

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