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Growing Up WILD is an early childhood education program that builds on children’s sense of wonder about nature and invites them to explore wildlife and the world around them. Through a wide range of activities and experiences, Growing Up WILD provides an early foundation for developing positive impressions about the natural world and lifelong social and academic skills.
The activity guide, Growing Up WILD: Exploring Nature with Young Children:
- Is written especially for early childhood educators of children ages 3-7.
- Features 27 field-tested, hands-on, nature based activities in a full-color 11”x17” activity guide.
- Includes crafts, art projects, music, conservation activities, reading and math connections and much more.
- Involves social, emotional, physical, language, and cognitive domains to help foster learning and development in all areas.
- Supports developmentally appropriate practice allowing children to learn at levels that are individually, socially, and culturally appropriate.
- Is correlated to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Standards and the Head Start Domains.
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This sample activity, Fishing Fun!, exemplifies one of Growing Up WILD's main goals, connecting young children with nature. Simple and accessible, the activity invites children to engage in a dramatic play fishing game and learn about fish, bringing wildlife "closer to home." Not only does the activity help students become aware of how fish use their bodies to swim through water, but it invites them to explore fish and their natural environments through games, song, math, reading and more. To download a free copy of this activity, click on the link below.
Fishing Fun!
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You can receive Growing Up WILD materials by participating in an interactive, hands-on workshop designed to meet the needs of early childhood educators and caregivers.
Growing Up WILD guides are distributed to participants at professional development workshops, offered by Project WILD State Coordinators. Workshops are free or have a minimal workshop fee. Please see contact the Growing Up WILD National Office for your State Coordinator's contact information and to learn about workshops in your state.
Growing Up WILD’s network of sponsors and facilitators can tailor a workshop especially for you - whether you work at a public or private school, day care center or Head Start center, museum or zoo - in a large urban setting or small, rural town.
For information on purchasing a Growing Up WILD guide, click here.
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