Archive for May, 2008
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
National Get Outdoors Day: June 14
The first-ever National Get Outdoors Day is June 14 with special events taking place in dozens of communities across the country to raise awareness about the benefits of active time outdoors. To find out more about planned events, or to nominate a site for an ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Alice Hohl spoke to the Westerville Kiwanis Club last week, and it was a great opportunity to introduce new people to the topic. Usually we are "preaching to the choir" but now we are beginning to have opportunities to educate new groups!
The message was well received and Alice ended by ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
(Reprinted from No Child Left Inside Coalition)
From the Desks of Senator Jack Reed and Representative John P. Sarbanes
May 23, 2008
To Members of the No Child Left Inside Coalition:
Because of your critical support and interest, we want to update you on our progress in advancing the No Child Left ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Jenny Morgan and Alice Hohl were invited to a conference at Washington State Community College in Marietta over the weekend. The audience was early educators: those working with children in preschool and daycare settings.
Dr. Cheryl Charles from the Children and Nature Network was the keynote speaker, and she stayed ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
BEYOND NATURE-DEFICIT DISORDER
It's Time to Turn Consciousness into Action
By Richard Louv
Author of Last Child in The Woods
Got dirt? "In South Carolina, a truckload of dirt is the same price as a video game!" reports Norman McGee, a father in that state who bought a small pickup-load of dirt for his ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Lina Mendez Howison, Ph. D., has asked to join the Collaborative, and she sounds like a very interesting person! Here is her note:
My husband and I are in the process of putting together an 80-acre retreat in SE Ohio (Hamden, Ohio, some 85 miles from Columbus) with the specific aim ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
An Early Childhood Conference will focus on "The Child and Nature Connection" May 17th at Washington State Community College in Marietta. Jenny Morgan and Alice Hohl of the Collaborative will be speaking.
The conference is from 9am to 4pm in Graham Auditorium. It highlights Louv's work and feature Cheryl Charles, president ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
I attended the kickoff event at Alum Creek Saturday with my two little ones, and we had a great time!
We saw children boating and fishing with their parents, and we tried out kite flying. Digging in the giant pile of sand for treasures was a big hit!
Kudos to The Ohio ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
We asked member Sharon Tinianow from COSI for an update on all the great programming going on there. Here's her list:
- The COSI Prairie in Big Science Park is a restoration of the native prairie habitat that once existed in central Ohio. In fact, COSI is situated on a bend ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Please bring as many families and children as you can to the Explore the Outdoors kickoff at Alum Creek State Park.
There will be a lot of great activities available, including free rods and reels to the first 150 children in the fishing demonstration; a naturalist; a wildflower hike; boating; and ...
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