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Exploring Nature with Young Children
 Growing Up WILD: Exploring Nature with Young Children is Project WILD's early childhood education activity guide. It builds on the learning styles and interests of young children to foster an interest and appreciation of wildlife and the natural world around them. A variety of activities build positive impressions of nature while aiding children's cognitive growth and development.
The Growing Up WILD Guide:
- Is written for early childhood educators who work with children ages 3 to 7.
- Contains 27 hands-on, field-tested activities that focus on wildlife and nature.
- Is a full-color, 11" x 17", easy-to-use book.
- Features arts and crafts projects, music, conservation activities, reading and math connections, and ways to continue the learning process at home.
- Blends social, emotional, physical, language, and cognitive domains to help foster learning.
- Is targeted to young children and is appropriate for their learning styles, social skills, and cultures.
- Is correlated to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Standards and the Head Start Domains.
- It is referenced throughout ODE's Model Curriculum for Science and Social Studies.
- Most workshops are Step Up to Quality and ODE Professional Development credit approved. Check out www.opdn.org to find eligible workshops.
The activity guides are available by attending an approved Growing Up WILD educator workshop. Workshops are offered through the Ohio Project WILD Volunteer Facilitator Network and by Ohio Division of Wildlife staff. Attendance at general workshops is free to low cost. Centers and organizations can request private trainings for their staff. Private workshops are approximately $15/person plus shipping for the guides. Contact the Ohio Division of Wildlife's Project WILD Coordinator to request a private training. General workshops can be found on our Workshops page. You can also sign up for the Wild Ohio eNewsletter's Educator Edition to receive monthly information about this and other wildlife and outdoor education professional development opportunities. Sign up today!
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Growing Up WILD Workshop in Lima, OH
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Related Links
Project WILD in Ohio
WILD School Sites in Ohio
Wildlife Education Materials
Growing Up WILD National Program Website-contains videos and other helpful materials to enhance your Growing Up WILD lessons.
Growing Up WILD is the recipient of the 2011 Excellence in Journalism Award from the Renewable Natural Resources Foundation. The award honors and encourages excellence in print journalism about natural resources. RNRF seeks to advance public education and understanding of important natural resources issues through dissemination of accurate and scientifically-based information about the environment. You can find out more about the award and the RNRF by going to www.rnrf.org and clicking on News.
In 2009, we received the good news that Growing Up WILD won the Family Choice Award!
The Family Choice Awards was founded by the Family Magazine Group, America's largest free parenting publication, and is recognized as the premier resource for the very best in children's and parenting products and services. The Awards recognize the best in children's and parenting resources. |
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