Nature-Based Early Childhood Education
how emergent curriculum and nature play support learning
$61.60
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
6 January 2026
Summary
Reconnecting to Our Roots: A Guide to Nature-Based Early Childhood Education
In recent years, a renewed interest to unplug and get back to basics has brought nature-learning to the forefront of early childhood education. Until now, nature-based approaches have been loosely lumped into a bucket of environmental education, outdoor education, or recreation unless a school or program explicitly refers to itself as a forest or nature preschool, forest kindergarten, or something similarly…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781952331015 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1952331013 |
| Author: | Monica Wiedel-Lubinski |
| Publisher: | National Association for the Education of Young Children |
| Imprint: | National Association for the Education of Young Children |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 6 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 276mm x 212mm |
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About The Author
Monica Wiedel-Lubinski
Monica Wiedel-Lubinski has over 20 years of experience in nature-based education. She is the founding Director of the Eastern Region Association of Forest and Nature Schools (ERAFANS) started in 2017 and co-founder of Wild Haven Forest Preschool in Baltimore. ERAFANS offers professional services for teachers, naturalists, administrators, and others working in nature-based early childhood education serve young children birth through age eight.
She previously worked at the Irvine Nature Center in Maryland where she was the founding director of The Nature Preschool. She was a key collaborator in the design of a Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom and visioned an annual Nature Preschool Conference (2012), which earned a 2016 Innovator of the Year Award under her leadership.
She is the coauthor of Nature Play Workshop for Families (2020).
She is based in Baltimore County, Maryland.
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