Trails to Every Classroom

"The Trail to Every Classroom program engages young people in nature. It brings together Trail managers, teachers, and children, allowing a safe pace to engage in physical exercise, explore nature, learn about the Trail as a natural and cultural resource, and collectively get their hands dirty. This is exactly the kind of program we need to see more of as a way to connect children to nature."

--Richard Louv, Author of Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder

Trails to Every Classroom with Project Learning Tree

Where: CFPA Headquarters (16 Meriden Road, Rockfall, CT)

When: Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 9:00am - 3:00pm (Election Day)

Who: Teachers, Youth Leaders & Educators

Join this interdisciplinary, professional development workshop for educators aimed at providing the inspiration, knowledge & skills to transform teaching into effective and exciting place-based education.

Integrate hands-on study of the natural and cultural resources of local communities addressing concepts in ecology, botany, sense of place, recreation, and civics. Project Learning Tree (PLT) activities teach students how to think, not what to think, about the environment by using the forest as a window into the world.  

Workshop Fee:  $40 each

 

For details and registration visit: http://www.ctwoodlands.org/TTEC_Part1

 

Lori Paradis Brant

Education Director

PLT Coordinator

 

Connecticut Forest & Park Association

16 Meriden Road (Route 66)

Rockfall, CT 06481

860-346-2372 x 14

www.ctwoodlands.org/educ

www.walkct.org   www.plt.org

Conserving Connecticut.  Connecting people to the land.

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Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving
your community and world better than you found it.
--Marian Wright Edelman

 

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