Tiny Tots Childcare
POD 2 NLI Blog Address: 270 UnionSchool Rd,, Shallotte NC 28459 Director: Shawna Williams County: Brunswick Capacity Before Renovation After Renovation Outdoor Learning Environment Local Partnership for Children Partnership Name: Smart Start of Brunswick County...
SPEC Nine Inc.
POD 2 NLI Blog Address: 111 Thomas Garst Lane, Leland NC 28451 Director: Wendy Runkal County: Brunswick Capacity Before Renovation After Renovation Outdoor Learning Environment Local Partnership for Children Partnership Name: Smart Start of Brunswick County...
Earth Angels
POD 2 NLI Blog Address: 720 Whiteville Rd NW, Shallotte NC 28470 County: Brunswick Capacity Before Renovation After Renovation Outdoor Learning Environment Local Partnership for Children Partnership Name: Smart Start of Brunswick County Partnership Address: 5140...
Preventing Obesity by Design (POD1)
Reversing the trend toward childhood obesity NLI Preventing Obesity by Design (POD1) Preventing Obesity by Design (POD) Pilot was aimed at reversing the trend toward childhood obesity by improving outdoor environmental diversity of childcare centers, which research...
Preventing Obesity by Design (POD2)
Improving outdoor environmental diversity NLI Preventing Obesity by Design (POD2) Preventing Obesity by Design (POD) is aimed at reversing the trend toward childhood obesity by improving OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL DIVERSITY of childcare centers, which research suggests can...
John Rex Endowment 2016 Progress Report
NLI > Updates Updates The John Rex Endowment 2016 Progress Report is a glimpse of the foundation’s impact on the Wake County community over the past 15 years. This impact includes supporting the NLI’s Preventing Obesity by Design in Wake County (POD Wake...
Preventing Obesity by Design (POD3)
Transferring knowledge, building capacity, extending reach NLI Preventing Obesity by Design (POD3) POD3 is based on findings from four years of the Preventing Obesity by Design (POD, 2007-2011) indicating increased OLE-supported physical activity after renovation, the...
Preventing Obesity by Design (POD4)
Transferring Knowledge & Providing Resources NLI Preventing Obesity by Design (POD4) POD4 is a statewide program addressing the need for resources and systematic training opportunities to help higher education instructors and early childhood professionals embark on...
POD Wake County
Transforming OLEs into best practice sites NLI POD Wake County The purpose of POD Wake County is to address the overweight/obesity epidemic in young children attending childcare by creating a built environment intervention to transform selected childcare outdoor...
Shape NC
Promoting a lifetime of healthy behaviors NLI Shape NC Shape NC and Preventing Obesity by Design strategy Since 2010, the Natural Learning Initiative (NLI) has worked with the NC Partnership for Children (NCPC) as a core implementation partner of Shape NC. The role of...
Healthy Habits, Healthy Kids | Halifax-Warren Smart Start Partnership for Children
Promoting a lifetime of healthy behaviors NLI Healthy Habits, Healthy Kids | Halifax-Warren Smart Start Partnership for Children Healthy Habits, Healthy Kids is a project to enhance the quality of outdoor play and learning environments for young children in 26...
Healthy Starts for Infants & Toddlers
Promoting a lifetime of healthy behaviors NLI Healthy Starts for Infants & Toddlers Healthy Starts for Infants and Toddlers is an innovative project to improve outdoor spaces for infants and toddlers, birth to 35 months, in 12 childcare centers in Wake and Orange...
USDA COLEAFS
Childcare Outdoor Learning Environments as Active Food Systems (COLEAFS) NLI USDA COLEAFS The aim of the Childcare Outdoor Learning Environments as Active Food Systems (COLEAFS) project is to measure the effectiveness of gardening to support fruit and vegetable...
Grow Outdoors South Carolina (SC)
Supporting physical activity and healthy eating Grow Outdoors South Carolina (SC) In 2007, the Natural Learning Initiative (NLI) launched the POD (Preventing Obesity by Design) strategy. In 2015, POD was piloted in South Carolina by the Departments of Social Services...
OLE! Texas
Creating a Statewide Initiative NLI OLE! Texas The goal of the Preventing Obesity by Design (POD) Transferring Know-how: Design Assistance and Train-the-Trainer Series is to support the development of demonstration outdoor environments for physical activity and...
Behavior Mapping: A Method for Linking Preschool Physical Activity and Outdoor Design
Research NLI Behavior Mapping: A Method for Linking Preschool Physical Activity and Outdoor Design Authors: Cosco, Nilda; Moore, Robin; & Islam, Mohammed. The preschool that children attend has been shown to be a significant but variable predictor of physical...
What makes a park inclusive and universally designed? A multi-method approach
Research NLI What makes a park inclusive and universally designed? A multi-method approach Authors: Moore, Robin; & Cosco, Nilda. Social inclusion has been the subject of recent initiatives in the United Kingdom and Canada driven by continuing issues of social...
Developing evidence-based design: Environmental interventions for healthy development of young children in the outdoors
Research NLI Developing evidence-based design: Environmental interventions for healthy development of young children in the outdoors Author: Cosco, Nilda. This chapter is a summary of the background for a study of childcare outdoor play environments conducted by the...
Playgrounds: A 150-Year-Old Model
Publications NLI Playgrounds: A 150-Year-Old Model Author: Moore, Robin. This chapter examines how current playground design reflects changing recreational philosophies and institutional commitments over the last 150 years. A definition of what makes an effective...
Well-being by Nature: Therapeutic Gardens for Children
Publications NLI Well-being by Nature: Therapeutic Gardens for Children Authors: Moore, Robin; & Cosco, Nilda. Download the PDF The following discussion and design guidelines are based on the assumption that regardless of children’s abilities or disabilities,...
Reasons to Smile at Teardrop
Publications NLI Reasons to Smile at Teardrop Author: Moore, Robin. Download the PDF A discussion of the value of Post Occupancy Evaluations and a look at the reasons why so few are done. What can landscape architects learn from them and how could they be used to...
How Cities Use Parks to Help Children Learn
Publications NLI How Cities Use Parks to Help Children Learn Author: Moore, Robin. Download the PDF Childhood is a holistic process, different for each individual child. Many children do not learn effectively exclusively within a classroom. They need alternative,...
Developing an Earth-bound Culture Through Design of Childhood Habitats
Publications NLI Developing an Earth-bound Culture Through Design of Childhood Habitats Authors: Moore, Robin; & Cosco, Nilda. Download the PDF The biological health of the planet and the health of the world’s children are interdependent. Together they form a...
Our Neighbourhood is Like That! Cultural Richness and Childhood Identity in Boca-Baraccas, Buenos Aires
Research NLI Our Neighbourhood is Like That! Cultural Richness and Childhood Identity in Boca-Baraccas, Buenos Aires Authors: Moore, Robin; & Cosco, Nilda. Young people in Boca-Barracas, the historic port district of Buenos Aires, described their lives and...
Healing Gardens for Children
Publications NLI Healing Gardens for Children Author: Moore, Robin. Download the PDF As a vehicle for healing children, gardens have special significance because of the way in which children relate to the world through play and their attraction to nature (Moore and...
Streets as Playgrounds
Research NLI Streets as Playgrounds Author: Moore, Robin. Great differences exist between adults and children in their perception and use of the outdoor environment. One of the greatest relates to residential streets. To adults, streets are functional resources: the...
Natural Learning
Publications NLI Natural Learning Authors: Moore, Robin; & Wong, Herb. Download the PDF This chapter in Robin Moore and Herb Wong’s 1997 book Natural Learning, examines children’s decline in physical activity being seen in the industrialized world and...
Playgrounds at the Crossroads: Policy and Action Research Needed to Ensure a Viable Future for Public Playgrounds
Research NLI Playgrounds at the Crossroads: Policy and Action Research Needed to Ensure a Viable Future for Public Playgrounds Author: Moore, Robin. This book chapter, written by Robin Moore, provides a perspective on the state of public playgrounds at the time of...
Exploring Childhood Territories
Research NLI Exploring Childhood Territories Author: Moore, Robin. Chapter three from Robin Moore’s book Childhood’s Domain: Play and Place in Child Development explores two aspects of children’s continuity of behavior in the field. First is what one...
Childhood Outdoors: Toward a Social Ecology of the Landscape
Research NLI Childhood Outdoors: Toward a Social Ecology of the Landscape Authors: Moore, Robin; & Young, Donald. In the urban environment, the creation of childhood places cannot be left to chance or the vagaries of pressure groups; they must be deliberately...
Nature Play at Home
Publications NLI Nature Play at Home Author: Natural Learning Initiative Download the Guide Developed by the Natural Learning Initiative and the National Wildlife Federation, this guide shows easy, affordable ways you can turn your backyard or other types of domestic...
Growing Up Green: Naturalization as a Health Promotion Strategy
Research NLI Growing Up Green: Naturalization as a Health Promotion Strategy Authors: Moore, Robin; & Cosco, Nilda. Using a socio-bio-ecological, “one health” conceptual framework, Preventing Obesity by Design (POD) is presented as a system-wide health promotion...
Climbing Stones and Boulders
The Green Desk NLI Climbing Stones and Boulders Do stones and boulders used for climbing need a use zone? Larger stones and boulders can be used as a kind of climbing equipment. Climbing stones more than 18 inches above the ground surface should meet standard use...
Starting Seeds in the Spring
The Green Desk NLI Starting Seeds in the Spring When should I start seeds indoors so they are ready to transplant outdoors in the spring? The best time to start seeds is based on the last spring frost date for your area minus the length of time required for seeds to...
Sunflower Houses
The Green Desk NLI Sunflower Houses What are some ways to improve an outdoor learning environment without breaking the bank?Sunflower houses are one of the many easy and cost effective ways to improve an outdoor learning environment.Sunflower seeds + garden soil + sun...
Log Seats
The Green Desk NLI Log Seats What are some ways to improve an outdoor learning environment without breaking the bank? Log seats are an easy and cost effective way to improve an outdoor learning environment. Sliced segments of logs = instant gathering space, council...
Installing a Rain Barrel
The Green Desk NLI Installing a Rain Barrel How can I harvest rainwater to use for watering plants? Children enjoy watering plants with rainwater collected in rain barrels using child-sized watering cans and buckets. Watering plants with harvested rainwater saves...
Sittable Stones and Boulders
The Green Desk NLI Sittable Stones and Boulders What are some ways to improve an outdoor learning environment without breaking the bank?Stones and boulders are one of many easy and cost effective ways to improve an outdoor learning environment.Large stones = instant...
