NLI Newsletter – July 2021

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NLI NewsletterJuly 2021

Creating environments for healthy human development and a healthy biosphere for generations to come.

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Natural Learning Initiative

July 2021

Child in red sweater and blue sneakers splashing in puddle, promoting outdoor play and nature-based learning.

Learning with Nature: an Educational Imperative:

Planning, Designing & Managing Naturalized Montessori School Grounds

Montessori school communities (parents, students, educators, supporters) are centrally positioned to lead a global revolution in school-based outdoor education – supporting the next generation of planetary lifeguards who understand the universe and are educated to lead in caring for the Earth. NLI has carefully curated resources to inspire nature-based action to increase biodiversity, to make it playfully accessible – hands-on yet protected – along with other play and learning settings – fixed and loose, natural and manufactured – necessary to meet best practice standards across the Montessori planes of development.

Oakland Declaration on Nature-Based Learning: Promoting Wellbeing, featuring a dandelion and text explaining natural settings and outdoor play.

The Oakland Declaration

At the Children & Nature Network International Leadership Summit in May of 2018, a Nature-Based Learning Network (NBLN) gathered to create an official declaration of the importance of outdoor learning called the Oakland Declaration. Take a moment to read and sign it.

New Online Short Courses

NLI is offering new courses on the Preschool Outdoor Environment Measurement Scale (POEMS) and Childcare Outdoor Learning Environments Quality Tool (COLEQT) and how they can be used to guide quality improvements of outdoor children’s environments & promote child development and learning.

Children play in a nature-based outdoor space with a playhouse, toy car, and climbing structure, promoting accessible and educational play.

Gray catbird perched on branch with red berries, ideal for nature-based learning and outdoor play.

Newly Released InfoSheets!

Check out the newly released InfoSheets including:

27. Attracting Birds to Outdoor Learning Environments

40. Water Play

Natural Learning at Home® July

This publication includes simple seasonal recipes, activities, and facts that can be used in both childcare centers and at home. These fun resources are a great way to celebrate the season!