[Note- Here are the notes I took that day, edited for clarity]
Notes – Day 4 Session 1
Celebrate and collaborate: Projects that work in the development of outdoor classrooms
Professional Development–Technical Assistance (Coaching, Mentoring, Consulting)
1 1/2-hour session — limit 4 presenters
All Children
11/5/2016 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Room 506
Los Angeles Convention Center
Paula Barnes, Mentor/Coach, Workforce Solutions Central Texas; Larry Kotch, Contract Specialist, Workforce Solutions Central Texas; Sherry Trebus, Child Care Policy and Quality Assurance Manager, Workforce Solutions Central Texas
Participants interested in developing partnerships with agencies and others who are committed to providing outdoor classrooms for early childhood centers will be challenged and motivated after attending this session. We will review and highlight the dynamics of appropriate outdoor classrooms. Additionally we will share the resources, successes, setbacks and joys of this collaborative effort in our community.
Get directors on board
resources –
Inspiring spaces for rethinking the classroom landscape by Sanda Duncan
we didn’t see any pictures
you should go into a classroom and feel a community
have pictures locally taken
natureexplore.org — see in exhibit hall
certification $75
metal structures — too hot
10 guiding principles form Nature Explore
Not outdoor play but now outdoor classroom
grants from the forest service
digging in dirt and digging in sand are different
give areas simple name – signage
materials like tree composte wood fiber
composte wood fibers hold up
having a good relationship with licensing
show me in licensing (where kids can’t be barefoot)
beware one dimensional play equipment
care4tots parker heights tx online story
willow branch over the metal gate
large xylophone
crushed granite vs pea gravel – ?dries?
contacted the city and they bring the stumps
stepping stone with their family name
fundraising people will give if they know what it is for
birdseed for scooping
added marimba [xylophone]
nature explore teaches how to ‘treat wood’ to last
slap drum and rainsticks
get volunteers to work and build things
boy scout troops
conference in January in Pasadena
also something happening in santa barbara