Natural Teachers Network Up and Running
Wednesday, February 24, 2010

From our friends at the Children and Nature Network:

EVERY TEACHER CAN BE A NATURAL TEACHER
When educators connect children and nature—learning happens! From schoolyard gardens to community-based outdoor projects, classroom and home school teachers and non-formal educators are using the natural world as a powerful learning environment—whether the subject is biology, writing, art, or any other.

We at the Children & Nature Network are taking notice and want to do our part to encourage, support and honor these “Natural Teachers.” That’s why we are starting the Natural Teachers Network (NTN), initially a web-based place for educators to gather and share stories, lesson ideas, and experiences in connecting children with nature. The NTN will provide a home for Natural Teachers as they network with their peers and share both successes and challenges of taking students outside for natural learning.

The NTN Pledge:

I will TAKE my students outdoors

I will SHARE my ideas, successes and challenges

I will ENCOURAGE teachers & administrators to join the movement to connect children to nature
Take the Pledge!
Get the NTN certificate.
Whether you are a Natural Teacher in schools, parks, nonprofit organizations, or government agencies, or someone who wants to learn more about the process, we invite you to join the Natural Teachers Network today. By joining, you will find support for your efforts, through teacher-to-teacher connections and sharing. Additionally, we plan to provide a Natural Teachers toolkit, with resources that will help you continue to act on your conviction that “nature is often the best teacher.”
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About C&NN
If you are not familiar with the Children & Nature Network or would like to get an update on the movement, please go to http://www.childrenandnature.org and be sure to click through to the Natural Teachers Networkregistration page and the social networking Ning site, with hundreds of members with diverse backgrounds around the globe. Be sure to browse all the unique Groups that have been established on the social networking site, and all of the places where discussions and sharing of ideas are taking place.
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