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Lenore Peachin Wineberg – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2023
The purpose of this study, which occurred during COVID-19, was to integrate outdoor learning in an early childhood undergraduate literacy course at a midwestern university. Over a twelve-week semester, eight early childhood preservice teachers participated in thirty-five outdoor activities covering all content areas. The goals of this study were…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Undergraduate Students, Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
Julie Ernst; Claire Underwood; Thelma Nayquonabe – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2023
Empathy can be a powerful means for positive social change and for caring action toward wildlife and nature. Thus, there is a need for interventions that build the capacity of early childhood educators to support empathy development in young children, given the critical developmental period of early childhood and the relevance of empathy to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Outdoor Education, Empathy, Young Children
Marja-Leena Rönkkö; Juli-Anna Aerila; Sara Sintonen – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2023
Natural materials provide children opportunities for artistic engagement, which encourages a dialogue between children and material and provides a platform for children to discuss their perspectives on significant issues like sustainable futures. This article examines the land art characters created by pre-primary education children in the garden…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, STEM Education, Art Education, Gardening
Green, Carie – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2022
This article presents Family Nature Tours as a participatory method for exploring children's human and more-than-human-nature interactions within the context of the family. Through equipping children with wearable cameras during family-led outdoor activities, this qualitative study provides insight on what non-rural Alaskan families consider…
Descriptors: Tourism, Natural Resources, Ecology, Child Behavior
Ernst, Julie; Budnik, Leah – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2022
In light of the significance of empathy in prosocial and conservation behavioral contexts, and with its relevance to social-emotional learning, which is an emphasis in early childhood education, empathy is a timely and meaningful construct to study within the context of nature preschools. Thus, a program evaluation was conducted to explore the…
Descriptors: Empathy, Recreational Facilities, Outdoor Education, Preschools
Born, Patty – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2022
In the United States, early childhood programs inclusive of nature experiences for young children vary widely in terms of time spent outdoors; purpose of the program, approaches to use of the environment, curricular aims and support of young children's development. A commonality across many of these early childhood programs available in the United…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education Programs, Faculty Development
Grady, Ronald – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2022
Children are constantly working to make sense of themselves, their experiences, and their worlds. One way that children tend to do this is through creating artifacts. By engaging in discussions around, and interacting with these artifacts, teachers and educators are able to gain further insight into the experiences of children. Through observing…
Descriptors: Maps, Preschool Education, Forestry, Learning Experience
Scogin, Stephen C.; D'Agostino, Sophia R.; Trent-Brown, Sonja; Gall, Andrew – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2022
Nature-based preschool programs continue to grow in popularity across the world. These programs provide children with critically important experiences and help them gain skills that contribute to early school success and accomplishments later in life. However, the COVID-19 pandemic and mandatory lockdowns resulted in reduced opportunities for…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Caregivers, Preschool Education
Schaefer, Lyn – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2022
The first purpose of this qualitative study was to explore self-reported significant life experiences of early childhood educators to determine whether experiences of traditional pre-K educators differed from those who taught in nature-based programs. The second purpose was to explore whether these experiences influenced their teaching practices.…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Outdoor Education, Comparative Analysis
Beery, Thomas; Fridberg, Marie – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2022
Connectedness to nature (C2N) shows a positive relationship with many factors supporting children's health, wellbeing, and development. In addition, C2N has been shown to have a positive relationship with learning about and caring for nature. Despite a long history of outdoor education in early childhood settings in Sweden, C2N is not a concept…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Natural Resources, Teacher Attitudes, Outdoor Education
Ernst, Julie; Burgess, Eva; Bruno, Lexi – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2021
Preschools and other early childhood education and care settings are influential in the promotion of physical activity (PA) for young children. This study utilized the Yamax Digiwalker pedometer within a quasi-experimental design to quantitatively explore the influence of nature preschools on the PA of 154 preschool-aged children. Results suggest…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Physical Activity Level, Physical Activities, Preschool Children
Paulsen, Christine Andrews; Carroll, Erin; Paulsen, Olivia; Andrews, Jessica Rueter – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2021
An independent evaluation of an environmental science program that combined digital media with hands-on activities (called "Plum Landing") was conducted in 2020. The study included 32 families with six- to eight-year-old children. The evaluation assessed the extent to which the program was successful at promoting connectedness to nature,…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Young Children, Childrens Attitudes, Family Attitudes
Lerstrup, Inger; Chawla, Louise; Heft, Harry – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2021
Employing the theoretical framework of ecological psychology, this article uses observations of children in a Danish forest preschool to identify features of the forest that the children engaged with frequently, with a particular focus on affordances of "small animals." The article describes children's fascination and interactions with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Natural Resources, Outdoor Education
Boileau, Elizabeth; Dabaja, Ziad F.; Harwood, Debra – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2021
In 2015, Canada adopted the UN 2030 agenda for sustainable development and committed to its 17 sustainable development goals aiming to address issues of social, economic and environmental nature (United Nations, n.d.). Although Canada proposed an Indicator Framework with measurable targets to track progress on certain goals, these are still in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Environmental Education, Sustainable Development
Gull, Carla; Goldstein, Suzanne Levenson; Rosengarten, Tricia – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2020
Tree climbing is one aspect of nature play; however, it is limited in many areas due to fear of liability, heightened safety awareness, unclear policies, accessibility, and restrictive outdoor play time. This study investigated current practices concerning tree climbing in early childhood settings with the objective of creating recommendations,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Play, Outdoor Education
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