Enhance Learning with an Outdoor Classroom!
Sat, Oct 10
|Santa Margarita Children's Center
This engaging 3-hour, hands-on training will be held at Santa Margarita School, a Certified Outdoor Classroom, giving participants the unique opportunity to learn within an environment intentionally designed to support outdoor learning and nature play.
Time & Location
Oct 10, 2026, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Santa Margarita Children's Center, 1055 Las Ovejas Ave #5, San Rafael, CA 94903, USA
Guests
About the event
Enhance Learning with an Outdoor Classroom!
This engaging 3-hour, hands-on training will be held at Santa Margarita School, a Certified Outdoor Classroom, giving participants the unique opportunity to learn within an environment intentionally designed to support outdoor learning and nature play.
Participants will explore how outdoor and nature play can become a meaningful extension of the early childhood learning environment. Through discussion, observation, and hands-on exploration, educators will discover practical ways to use outdoor spaces, natural materials, and intentional teacher-child interactions to support children’s learning, development, curiosity, and well-being.
What You Will Learn
Outdoor and nature play provides children with opportunities to move, explore, investigate, create, take appropriate risks, and connect with the world around them. During this training, participants will explore how outdoor experiences can support:
Physical development and active movement