Oakland Declaration
The Nature-Based Learning Network gathering at the Children & Nature Network International Leadership Summit provided an opportunity to create an international declaration on nature-based learning.
Preschool Gardening Activity Guide
The Gardening Activity Guide is designed to expose young children to seasonal fruit and vegetable gardening in childcare centers. Based on the Preventing Obesity by Design (POD) model, the guide…
NLI Online Certificate Programs
Early Childhood Outdoor Learning Environments was developed with early childhood professionals in mind and Designing Early Childhood Outdoor Environments was developed for design…
COVID Support we’re all in this together!
Early childhood outdoor play and learning resources.
Earth Day!
Happy Earth Day! Check out these activities that you can do at home to celebrate.
Fairy Villages
Leaflets NLI Fairy Villages Download the PDF - English Fairy villages are homes for elves, fairies, and other beings of children’s imagination. They provide enchanted places that stimulate creative, dramatic play in make believe settings. Creating a fairy village...
Creating Bird Feeders with Recycled Materials
Infosheet NLI Creating Bird Feeders with Recycled Materials Bird feeders can increase the natural diversity of outdoor learning environments and provide opportunities for children to observe birds from their classroom windows or outside. Children can create their own...
20th Anniversary NLI Design Institute
We are happy to announce that the Design Institute will be held virtually on March 25-26, 2021.
Happy Holidays! 2019
Happy Holidays from the Natural Learning Initiative! Join us as we celebrate 20 years of nature play and learning with our Christmas postcard.
NLH January
Natural Learning at Home® NLI Natural Learning at Home® January To view other newsletters in the Natural Learning at Home series, click here Download the PDF Descarga El PDF - ESPAÑOL ACTIVITY: Painting with Nature’s Paintbrush Help children create their own...
NLH February
Natural Learning at Home® NLI Natural Learning at Home® February To view other newsletters in the Natural Learning at Home series, click here Download the PDF DESCARGA EL PDF - ESPAÑOL ACTIVITY: Make a Nature Mandala To make a mandala all you need is a little...
NLH March
Natural Learning at Home® NLI Natural Learning at Home® March To view other newsletters in the Natural Learning at Home series, click here Download the PDF DESCARGA EL PDF - ESPAÑOL ACTIVITY: Sink or Float To appeal to the natural curiosity in your child, conduct an...
NLH April
Newsletter NLI Natural Learning at Home® April To view other newsletters in the Natural Learning at Home series, click here Download the PDF DESCARGA EL PDF - ESPAÑOL ACTIVITY: Insect Safari Spring is here and what a great time to explore life in your garden! Now is...
NLH May
Natural Learning at Home® NLI Natural Learning at Home® May To view other newsletters in the Natural Learning at Home series, click here Download the PDF DESCARGA EL PDF - ESPAÑOL ACTIVITY: Animal and Nature Yoga Yoga is a great exercise and a fun way for children to...
NLH June
Natural Learning at Home® NLI Natural Learning at Home® June To view other newsletters in the Natural Learning at Home series, click here Download the PDF DESCARGA EL PDF - ESPAÑOL ACTIVITY: Obstacle Course Using available materials, create an attractive obstacle...
NLH July
Natural Learning at Home® NLI Natural Learning at Home® July To view other newsletters in the Natural Learning at Home series, click here Download the PDF DESCARGA EL PDF - ESPAÑOL ACTIVITY: Color Hunt in Nature A fun way to spend a hot summer day is to go on a color...
NLH August
Natural Learning at Home® NLI Natural Learning at Home® August To view other newsletters in the Natural Learning at Home series, click here Download the PDF DESCARGA EL PDF - ESPAÑOL ACTIVITY: Cooking With Nature Imaginative play can be a lot of fun for all who are...
NLH September
Natural Learning at Home® NLI Natural Learning at Home® September To view other newsletters in the Natural Learning at Home series, click here Download the PDF DESCARGA EL PDF - ESPAÑOL ACTIVITY: Apple Twister Get ready to monkey around! A fun spin on the classic...
NLH October
Natural Learning at Home® NLI Natural Learning at Home® October To view other newsletters in the Natural Learning at Home series, click here Download the PDF ACTIVITY: Leaf Rubbings Collect leaves of different shapes and sizes from the outdoor learning environment....
NLH November
Natural Learning at Home® NLI Natural Learning at Home® November To view other newsletters in the Natural Learning at Home series, click here Download the PDF DESCARGA EL PDF - ESPAÑOL ACTIVITY: Acorn Throwing Use the plethora of acorns that have fallen this fall to...
NLH December
Natural Learning at Home® NLI Natural Learning at Home® December To view other newsletters in the Natural Learning at Home series, click here Download the PDF DESCARGA EL PDF - ESPAÑOL ACTIVITY: Penguin Waddle For the penguin waddle, make this engaging activity a fun...
Halifax Community College: CADA Head Start
POD 4 Halifax Community College: CADA Head Start Phase one of implementation is complete. The fence line was moved to expand the OLE and old play equipment has been removed. Site work and grading has been done to remove excess sand and rubber tire mulch. New...
Blue Ridge Community College: Nessa’s Young’uns Natural Play Center
POD 4 NLI Existing carport structures have been removed from both OLEs. A fence was installed to create a new infant OLE. Trees, sod, an arbor with a porch swing, sitting and balancing stumps, and a flagstone pathway have been installed in the infant OLE. The fence...
Fayetteville Technical Community College: Children’s Center
POD 4 NLI Fayetteville Technical Community College: Children’s Center For the first phase of implementation, the center removed existing overgrown shrubs and installed a synthetic turf multipurpose lawn for toddlers. Future plans include extending the toddler...
Cape Fear Community College: Bonnie Sanders Burney CDC
POD 4 NLI The center added a new garden bed and additional blueberry shrubs. A mud kitchen was added adjacent to the sand play area in the Preschool OLE. The OLE is used by both CFCC and UNCW Early Childhood Education students for observations. Address: 411 N Front...
Johnston Community College: Child Development Center
POD 4 NLI Johnston Community College: Child Development Center A pathway, a mud kitchen, and an acoustic play area have been installed. Opportunities for gardening were increased with the installation of garden beds, an herb garden, 4 blueberry bushes, and 6 fruit...
Davidson Community College: Kirk Child Development Center
POD 4 NLI Davidson Community College: Kirk Child Development Center New installs include an earth play area, natural loose parts, balance logs, tire planters, and a butterfly garden. A boy scout troop helped to install raised garden beds. Annual family days were held...
Alamance Community College: Demonstration Development Daycare
POD 4 NLI Alamance Community College: Demonstration Development Daycare Classes from the Horticulture Department installed a fruit and vegetable garden. Crape Myrtles were planted and tire planters were added around trees. A Horticulture class is planning to future...
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Colorado Regulatory Guide- Playing by the Rules
Research Colorado Regulatory Guide- Playing by the Rules Authors: Jost, Daniel; Cosco, Nilda; & Moore, Robin. The intent of Playing by the Rules|Colorado, from here on called “the guide,” is to encourage greater understanding of the regulatory...
2019 Nordic Symposium
Nilda Cosco, PhD, Director of Programs at the Natural Learning Initiative participated in the 2019 Nordic Symposium that took place at the Sarah Lawrence College from April 5-6.
Nature-Based Learning Literature Review published
Nature-based learning is supported by up-date-scientific evidence in a recent literature review in Frontiers in Psychology.
Lunchbox Talk: Contact with Nature = Healthy Child Development
NLI Join NLI’s Nilda Cosco and Robin Moore at the NC Botanical Garden on April 25th for their Lunchbox Talk about how being in contact with nature broadens children’s play and learning experience, contributes to positive physical, social-emotional, and cognitive...
Research Brief: Impact of Naturalized Early Childhood Outdoor Learning Environments
Research NLI Research Brief: Impact of Naturalized Early Childhood Outdoor Learning Environments Download the PDF - English Introduction THE NATURAL LEARNING INITIATIVE (NLI) WAS FOUNDED IN 2000 to create high-quality environments for healthy childhood development in...
Moore and Cosco presented at the 15th International Congress of Educating Cities, Cascais, Portugal
NLI Moore and Cosco presented at the 15th International Congress of Educating Cities, Cascais, Portugal Join NLI’s Nilda Cosco and Robin Moore at the NC Botanical Garden on April 25th for a Lunchbox Talk about how being in contact with nature broadens children’s...
Designing Early Childhood Outdoor Environments Certificate
NLI Designing Early Childhood Outdoor Environments Certificate Click to Register! Join NLI’s DECOE Certificate Course, September 11 – December 4. Learn about participatory design programming, post-occupancy evaluation (POE) and “environment-and-behavior...
Happy Holidays from NLI! 2018
NLI Happy Holidays from NLI!...
