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Nature-Based Education

A young woman writing in a notebook while sitting at the shore of a pond, shown from the side.
January 12, 2023 Approach Jargon ThursdayClaire DobieJargonKady YeomansNature-Based EducationTechnique

Several of my guests – Kady Yeomans, Claire Dobie, and many more to come – talk about the value of teaching extra cubiculum – outside the classroom, immersed in the nature about which we are teaching. Most naturalists I’ve ever met or worked with simply accept that it just works… that it’s unquestionable that getting...

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Learning in Nature: A Chat With Naturalist Claire Dobie

Naturalist Claire Dobie in a snowy forest, holding a large ice formation.
January 11, 2023 PodcastClaire DobieNature-Based EducationOutdoor EducationTechnique

On this week’s podcast, I talk with Minnesota naturalist Claire Dobie about the job of a nature-based educator. It’s an interesting gig and one I know well, as I did some version of nature-based education for more than a decade before switching over to classroom-focused work. We naturalists, interpreters, rangers, and...

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Ball Moss at the San Antonio Zoo

A ball of stringy moss in a water fountain
December 15, 2022 Fun FactExperiential EducationFun FactNature-Based EducationPlantsZoo

In our conversation this week, Eileen Garcia-Sanchez told me all about how her preschoolers find ball moss on the oak trees. It seems dead – grey and crispy – like so much vegetation after days of scorching Texas sun. But this plant has a surprise … If you give the dried-out balls a little water, they spring back to...

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Nature-Based Education at a Zoo Preschool

Eileen holding a ball of stringy moss
December 13, 2022 PodcastExperiential EducationNature-Based EducationPreschoolRisky PlayZoo

On this week’s podcast, I talk with Eileen Garcia-Sanchez of the San Antonio Zoo in Texas. It’s a fully-accredited preschool that takes a lot of its inspiration from the world of outdoor education. At the school, children spend a majority of their time outdoors, on both the school’s outdoor campus and in the zoo...

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Coyote or Fox? P.S. It's Super Gross.

A coyote standing on a fallen log.
December 8, 2022 Approach Fun FactClaire DobieFun FactMammalsNature-Based EducationObservationOutdoor EducationTracking

Fox tracks and coyote tracks are really hard to tell apart – especially in the snow! For our Fun Fact in this week’s podcast, naturalist Claire Dobie described how she helps kids determine the difference. Want to find out yourself? Well, I won’t leak the secret here, but ur-ine luck! Make a pee-line – I mean, a...

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