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NLI Newsletter
January / February 2024

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Natural Learning Initiative

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January - February 2024

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

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Sincere apologies for the delay in Newsletter delivery caused by a Google global system change. Now fixed and back on track. Thanks for your patience!

Kids sliding down a slide at Chastain Park

Play Chastain was part of the 20-year Master Plan for Atlanta’s Chastain Park. As a member of the design team, with Harrison Design Associates and the Atlanta Taskforce on Play (now Play Atlanta), NLI led the design programming effort to re-vision an existing, worn-out playground....read more

Cool Season: Exploring Plant Growth

This micro-documentary YouTube "short" (1:50) shows preschoolers exploring plant growth of cool-season veggies such as celery, lettuce, and collards. Children are also planting strawberries, to be harvested in the spring. This short is part of a series of 2-minute videos produced by NLI illustrating...read more

Registration for the certificate course is from February 19 - April 15. Targeted towards early childhood professionals and others interested in improving early childhood outdoor play and learning environments. This course offers 2.4 continuing education credits (CEUs)...read more

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Registration will be opening next week. This course provides direction on offering high-quality outdoor programs and hands-on opportunities for children in preschool outdoor learning environments (OLE). This course offers 0.2 continuing education credits (CEUs)...read more

Registration will be opening next week. This training is an introduction to the Childcare Outdoor Learning Environments Quality Tool (COLEQT) that is used to assess OLE quality. This course offers 0.2 continuing education credits (CEUs)...read more

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