Let’s discuss the intersection between social-emotional learning and learning outdoors with Miriam Miller!

Visit mentoringnatureconnections.wordpress.com for outdoor learning resources as well as workshop and consulting opportunities.  

Casel reviews and recommends SEL programs that can be adopted into classroom practice.  casel.org

Investigating and discussing how outdoor learning can be a way we can practice and apply SEL. 

The importance of using nature routines to provide safety and consistency for our learners (e.g., a gathering circle, a sit spot). 

Mindfulness!  The outdoors is a place to slow down and attend to the environment.  Sometimes the invitation for our learners is simply to listen. 

SEED framework which stands for social-emotional and environmental education development framework. It’s a nature-based social-emotional approach for early childhood education.  

Novelty Nature Note:

Cougars are the second largest cat in North America, but they are unable to roar. They have the biggest range of large animals in the western hemisphere, and they can jump up to 20 feet in the air.

Bull kelp: you can cut off the end and use it to snorkel!