Project Wild--Growing Up Wild training (ages 3-7), Sat. May 8 and Fri. May 21, 10-3, no fee, sign up now!

You are invited to a no-fee training for Growing Up Wild early childhood nature program on Saturday, May 8, 10:00-3:00 at Mission Trails Regional Park, and Friday, May 21, 10:00-3:00 at Blue Sky Ecological Reserve.  There is no fee for materials; register by sending email message to Maureen Lewis at powayzoo@cox.net.

Growing Up WILD is an early childhood education program that builds on children’s sense of wonder about nature and invites them to explore wildlife and the world around them (more information at http://www.projectwild.org/GrowingUpWILD.htm. 

Through a wide range of activities and experiences, Growing Up WILD provides an early foundation for developing positive impressions about the natural world and lifelong social and academic skills.  The activity guide is Growing Up WILD: Exploring Nature with Young Children is written especially for early childhood educators of children ages 3-7.  It features 27 field-tested, hands-on, nature based activities in a full-color 11”x17” activity guide—all very amazing and provided to attendees, at no cost!  The lessons are correlated to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Standards and the Head Start Domains.

Register by sending name, title/role, organization, email, and phone to Maureen Lewis at powayzoo@cox.net, and feel free to send questions.  The training is sponsored by Project Wild, California Department of Fish and Game, Blue Sky Ecological Reserve, Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation, and the San Diego Children and Nature Collaborative.