Date: Monday Nov 21 (6:30-8:30 pm), Sunday Nov 27 (9:30-11:30 am), AND Thursday Dec 1, 2022 (6:30-8:30pm)
Cost: $75 Total PD hours: 6 PD hours Location: ONLINE Presenter: Taylor Hansen

Description: Increasingly the importance of time in the outdoors is being recognized as a key component to supporting holistic development in the early years & an essential part of ECE. In this 3-part workshop we will go deeper into why supporting this relationship matters & what it really means to support children’s relationships with nature. Educators will be asked to move beyond thinking about supporting this relationship only in terms of having access to wild outdoor green space & engage with what they are already doing &/or the possibilities that exist around them with fresh eyes. Together we will explore & think critically about how this relationship can be supported for all children in all early learning settings & deepen our understandings of this relationship within ourselves in order to expand pedagogy.
Part 1 Revisiting our Foundation
Part 2 My Nature Pedagogy
Part 3 Building a Lasting Relationship
Workshop Goals: Educators will revisit & expand their understanding of what it means to support children’s relation-ships with nature & why supporting this relationship matters for all children ,
Educators will have a clearer sense of their personal relationship to nature & how this relates to their nature
pedagogy , Educators will feel better equipped to support this relationship in their practice setting in diverse, meaningful, & lasting ways

Presenter Biography: Taylor Hansen has worked with young people in a variety of capacities & contexts for over 18 years. She has always prioritized being open to new experiences in the service of young people in order to broaden her perspective & improve her practice. She previously worked as an ECE at the MSVU Child Study Centre & ran an early learning program that focused on creative projects inspired by time with nature. She currently is a Research Coor-dinator at the IWK & teaches in the Department of Child & Youth Study at MSVU. At its core her personal practice is about building relationships & she believes that it is in the context of relationships that we are able to understand one another & meet the needs of young people.