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White Oak Head Start
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White Oak Head Start

Abram’s Child Care Center
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Abram’s Child Care Center

Integrating Gardening Resources Into EFNEP Curriculum
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Integrating Gardening Resources Into EFNEP Curriculum

12th Annual Growing IN Place
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12th Annual Growing IN Place

Certificate Course Participant Survey Results 2022
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Certificate Course Participant Survey Results 2022

LET’S GET OUTSIDE! Summary of Child Care Regulations

LET’S GET OUTSIDE! Summary of Child Care Regulations

NLI Online Short Courses
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NLI Online Short Courses

COLEQT Short Course
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COLEQT Short Course

POEMS Short Course
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POEMS Short Course

Tabernacle Pre-K
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Tabernacle Pre-K

Head Start Station
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Head Start Station

Harmony Place
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Harmony Place

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Connie Redding Head Start

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Beacon Child Development Center

Teddy Bear Child Care Center
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Teddy Bear Child Care Center

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Ramseur Elementary School

Noah’s Ark Playschool
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Noah’s Ark Playschool

Creative Kids Preschool
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Creative Kids Preschool

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Childcare Network, Inc. #146

Level Cross Enrichment Center
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Level Cross Enrichment Center

Liberty Elementary School Pre-K
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Liberty Elementary School Pre-K

Honeycomb Kids
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Honeycomb Kids

The Kids of Hope Child Care Center
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The Kids of Hope Child Care Center

It’s A Kid’s World Preschool
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It’s A Kid’s World Preschool

Cari Browning from Department of State Health Services (DSHS) talks About OLE! Texas
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Cari Browning from Department of State Health Services (DSHS) talks About OLE! Texas

Greening Montessori School Grounds by Design

Greening Montessori School Grounds by Design

Sensory Integration and Contact with Nature: Designing Outdoor Inclusive Environments

Sensory Integration and Contact with Nature: Designing Outdoor Inclusive Environments

Designing School Grounds to Integrate Nature, Learning, and Health
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Designing School Grounds to Integrate Nature, Learning, and Health

Designing School Grounds to Meet the Needs of the Whole Child and Whole Curriculum

Designing School Grounds to Meet the Needs of the Whole Child and Whole Curriculum

Place, Pedagogy, and Play – Foreword
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Place, Pedagogy, and Play – Foreword

Healthy Planet, Healthy Children: Designing Nature into Childhood
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Healthy Planet, Healthy Children: Designing Nature into Childhood

The Need for Nature-A Childhood Right
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The Need for Nature-A Childhood Right

Natural Learning – Once Upon A Yard

Natural Learning – Once Upon A Yard

National Play Value Plant Database
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National Play Value Plant Database

Lots of Love
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Lots of Love

Childcare Network, Inc. #146
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Childcare Network #125

Kiddie Kollege #1
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Kiddie Kollege #1

Little Engine Academy
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Little Engine Academy

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Harvest Learning Center

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Growing Up with Nature

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

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For 25 years, the Natural Learning Initiative (NLI) has applied community-based, equity-driven design thinking to create healthy, natural play and learning environments. The NLI Resource Hub offers a collection of free public resources dedicated to supporting the development of biophilic play and learning environments where children can grow up caring for the planet and each other. These resources encompass landscape design, research, professional development, and information dissemination.

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Design Sites

Real-world places where NLI has provided professional landscape architecture design assistance.

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Infosheets

Two to four page documents about implementing and maintaining nature-based play settings.

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Interactive Apps

Web-based teaching tools and virtual experiences about exploring and designing nature-based play settings.

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Single-page documents about activities for children and caregivers in nature-based play settings.

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Natural Learning at Home

A month-by-month newsletter series about nature-based activities for children and families at home.

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Comprehensive projects that combine design assistance, research & evaluation, professional development, and dissemination & communications.

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Published scientific research about nature-based design, childhood, behavior mapping, and more.

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Videos created by NLI and our partners about nature-based design, education, childhood, and more.

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Affordable Settings

Elements of outdoor learning environments that can be built and deployed at a low cost, but with a great impact.

Community Engagement

Families, partners, neighborhoods and cities that help outdoor learning environments thrive and grow.

Fundraising

Information for raising resources to build and maintain outdoor learning environments.

Gardening

Resources about growing plants and all the different ways it benefits young children.

Healthy Eating

Fruits and vegetables, trying and tasting, growing and eating. Learn how young children can be excited to eat nutritious food.

Outdoor Installation

Building and constructing outdoor learning environments can be challenging. Find resources to guide your project.

Outdoor Management

Maintaining and sustaining outdoor learning environments is vital to their long-term success. Learn about managing environments.

Outdoor Safety

Risk management in play areas is critical for certification and regulation. Learn how to create safe spaces and address concerns.

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The Natural Learning Initiative (NLI), its partners and supporting entities as­sume no responsibility for the installation of outdoor components and/or designs and their use. In no event will NLI be liable for any loss or damage, including without lim­itation, indirect or consequential, incurred during the construction or use of outdoor play and learning environments. NLI further suggests adherence to the guidelines set forth in the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s Public Playground Safety Handbook and to follow local, state, and national code requirements concerning but not limited to land use, zoning, safety, accessibility, permitting, and approval of plans prior to construction.