Facilitated By: Christina Pickles,
Let's jump start a conversation about outdoor play. In this session we will explore:
- Why is outdoor play so important?
- What is our role as educators in outdoor spaces and experiences?
- How can we overcome our barriers to getting outside in all weather?
Along with the big picture, we will share practical ideas and inspiration through real-life examples and experiences. You will leave this session with many new ideas to share with your colleagues and children. Let's get outside and play!
Christina Pickles is an outdoor play advocate and founder of Get Outside and Play, an organization that ensures more outdoor play in early learning and care settings, schools, and communities through events, presentations, workshops, and consulting. She has been supporting outdoor experiences with people of all ages for 25 years and 10 years ago, pivoted her work to put play at the centre of everything she does. She believes play is the best way children (and adults) connect with the land, their communities, their bodies, and each other. She lives along the Bow River in Calgary Alberta and can be found walking her dog Clover or chasing after her adventurous 10 year old.
To access printable poster for this session, please use the following link: Jumpstarting the Conversation of Outdoor Play Poster
Thursday, November 21
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Zoom
FREE
Registration closes on November 20 at 12:00PM
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