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!...
16th Annual NLI Design Institute
NLI 16th Annual NLI Design Institute Celebrating Natural Environments for Children and Other Living Things! Natural environments contain countless organisms that contribute to the health of the planet and it’s many inhabitants. We invite you to recover an appreciation...
Playgrounds to Outdoor Learning Environments
NLI Playgrounds to Outdoor Learning Environments Childcare outdoor learning environment to support young children’s physical activity, healthy eating, and outdoor...
Project Catch
NLI There are approximately 5,000 homeless children in Wake County alone. You see them in your child’s classroom, at your church, you pass them by on the street. We cannot assume we know their story or what they experience day to day. It is often a story of...
Dr. Nilda Cosco presents poster at the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior annual conference, Minneapolis, July 2018
NLI Dr. Nilda Cosco presents poster at the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior annual conference, Minneapolis, July 2018 USDA COLEAFS is a five-year investigation (RCT) of gardening by 3-4 year olds attending childcare centers to assess its impact on physical...
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kidZone Post Occupancy Evaluation
Research NLI kidZone Post Occupancy Evaluation The Natural Learning Initiative (NLI) conducted a post-occupancy evaluation (POE) in collaboration with NC Zoo staff of kidZone. KidZone is a prototyping area for children and families. (CNDC). The kidZone mission is:...
POD Wake Co. Gathering and Tour 2018
NLI Blog Natural Learning Initiative invites you to attend a tour of three POD Wake Co. Demonstration Sites to see progress in the creation of their naturalized outdoor learning environments. The day will also feature a panel discussion with POD Wake Co. directors and...
Growing IN Place Symposium 2018
NLI Growing IN Place Symposium 2018 Greening Urban Childhood by Design Human development as a biophilic design benefit. Creating play and learning opportunities for children and youth through eco-conservation, restoration, and urban natural infrastructure management....
ABC Land, Inc.
ABC Land, located in Wendell, NC, has initiated OLE improvements to create a more active and productive site as a participating POD-Wake demonstration center.
A Kind Garden
POD Wake County NLI A Kind Garden A Kind Garden is a home-based childcare center serving children zero to 12 and offers an excellent example of how a broad diversity of play and learning opportunities can be created on a residential site. The bountiful outdoor...
A Safe Place Child Enrichment Center, Inc.
A Safe Place, located in eastern Raleigh, NC, enlarged their previously compact OLE by moving several fence lines, nearly doubling their play space, as a result of participating in the POD Wake Co program.
Beginning and Beyond Child Development Center
POD Wake County NLI Beginning and Beyond Child Development Center Beginning and Beyond Child Development Center, in downtown Raleigh, NC, has progressed towards their goal to create an active and productive outdoor learning environment as a participating POD-Wake...
Childcare Network #59
POD Wake County NLI Childcare Network #59, located in Raleigh, NC, has installed new raised beds in their toddler OLE where the children have enjoyed becoming involved with growing fresh fruits and vegetables. They were especially excited to grow broccoli and learn...
Childcare Network #61
Childcare Network #61, in Raleigh, NC, has expanded gardening opportunities through the POD Wake Co program by constructing U-shaped raised beds where the children help tend vegetables in all seasons.
Heather Park Child Development Center
POD Wake County NLI Heather Park Child Development Center, located in Garner, NC and a participating POD Wake demonstration center, has naturalized their OLE and created a productive garden by installing 408 square feet of vegetable beds, 100 square feet of fruiting...
Holly Springs Academy
POD Wake County NLI The POD Wake County project was a perfect fit for Holly Springs Academy, located in Holly Springs, NC. This childcare center has a healthy snack philosophy and only serves fresh fruits and vegetables to the children. Much of the produce is sourced...
Nilda Cosco, PhD
Nilda Cosco, PhD, is Director of Programs at NLI, Research Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, and former Director of the Center for Universal Design. She is responsible for the conceptualization and management of NLI comprehensive projects, design programming, research of outdoor environments for children with and without disabilities, and evaluation programs applied to outdoor play and learning environments for children, including those with special needs.
Robin C. Moore
Robin Moore, MCP, DipArch., Honorary ASLA, is a Research Professor in the College of Design and Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, NC State University, USA. His area of research and teaching is environment & behavior design thinking applied to practice in built environment biophilic design, especially in relation to urban childhood and family spaces. Growing up in the South of England, Moore graduated from University College London (UCL) in architecture and practiced architecture in London with Llewelyn-Davies & Weeks.
Jordan Child and Family Enrichment Center
POD Wake County NLI The Jordan Child and Family Enrichment Center, located in the heart of Raleigh, NC, is a part of the Methodist Home for Children and supports the Methodist Home’s goal to provide safe, loving environments for children. The Jordan Child and Family...
Johnson Pond Learning Center
Johnson Pond Learning Center, a participating POD Wake demonstration center in Fuquay-Varina, NC, changed the way children used their large OLE by installing a six-foot wide concrete looped path in the preschool area and a five-foot wide pathway in the toddler area.
KinderCare Learning Center
POD Wake County NLI KinderCare Learning Center Cary Towne, located in Cary, NC has worked to increase children’s exposure to fresh fruits and vegetables by creating a new garden with raised beds in their preschool space. The garden also features an arbor where they...
Method Child Development Center
POD Wake County NLI Exciting developments have taken place at Method Child Development Center, located in Raleigh, NC, with the installation of concrete pathways in their preschool, two-year-old, and infant/toddler OLEs. The new pathways provide space for tricycles...
Primary Beginnings Child Development Center #1
POD Wake County NLI Primary Beginnings Child Development Center #1 Primary Beginnings Child Development Center, located in Raleigh, NC and a participating POD Wake demonstration center, has improved the quality of their outdoor learning environment by introducing five...
Pam’s School of Raleigh
POD Wake County NLI Pam’s School of Raleigh has taken the leap into gardening, installing a new fenced-off designated fruit and vegetable garden with raised beds. Fresh produce from the garden is used for the children’s snacks and extra produce is sent home with...
