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Spaces open for education workshop
Saturday, August 11, 2012
There are still spaces available for a free continuing education workshop for early childhood educators called Growing Up WILD, which is hosted by Parker Dam State Park.
Growing Up WILD is a curriculum developed and written specifically for children ages 3-7, which builds on children's sense of wonder about nature and invites them to explore wildlife and the world around them. Growing Up provides an early foundation for developing positive impressions about nature and lifelong social and academic skills, while also supporting developmentally suitable practice for children to learn at levels that are individually, socially and culturally appropriate.
Workshop participants will receive a copy of the curriculum/activity guide, as well as 4½ continuing education hours (Act 48 hours or DPW hours). The full-color, 11-by-17-inch Growing Up WILD guide features 27 field-tested, hands-on, nature-based activities which include crafts, art projects, music, conservation activities, reading and math connections, and much more. The guide is correlated to the National Association for the Education of Young Children standards and the Head Start domains. These correlations involve social, emotional, physical, language and cognitive domains to help foster learning and development in all areas. Besides the Growing Up WILD guide, participants will also receive several other resources for the classroom.
The workshop will be held Aug. 18 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the park's environmental education classroom, annexed to the park office. Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch and be appropriately dressed for several outdoor activities. Pre-registration is required, as only 15 seats will be available. To register, contact the park office at 765-0630 or e-mail the park's environmental education specialist at cahuber@pa.gov.
For more information on Parker Dam State Park, follow on Facebook, or visit the PA Bureau of State Parks website, www.VisitPAParks.com, and click on "Events Calendar."
If an accommodation to participate in park activities is needed due to a disability, contact the Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks at 1-888-PA-PARKS (voice); 717-558-2710 (local or international voice); 1-888-537-7294 (TTY); 717-558-2711 (local or international TTY); or 711 (AT&T Relay Services).
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