Samara's Founder Bundle (books written by Dr. Rachel A. Larimore)
Save $20 over the regular price with this bundle!
Samara’s founder, Dr. Rachel A. Larimore, has written three books on nature-based early childhood education. You get a 20% discount when you buy all three together in this bundle. The bundle includes:
Evaluating Natureness: Measuring the Quality of Nature-Based Classrooms in Pre-K through 3rd Grade ($45 value)
Establishing a Nature-Based Preschool ($22 value)
Preschool Beyond Walls: Blending Early Childhood Education and Nature-Based Learning ($32 value)
Claim this bundle now, whether you are starting a nature-based school or looking to grow your existing program, these resources will be invaluable!
Details about this bundle:
Evaluating Natureness: Measuring the Quality of Nature-Based Classrooms in Pre-K through 3rd Grade
Written by Patti Ensel Bailie, Rachel A. Larimore, Arianna E. Pikus
This book was designed with early education practitioners, researchers, and policy makers in mind, the Nature-Based Education Rating Scales (NABERS) for Pre-K and K–3 let professionals easily collect standardized information to measure the quality of education settings in the areas of:
Program goals and curriculum practices
Staffing
Environment
Community partnerships
Family engagement
Preschool Beyond Walls: Blending Early Childhood Education and Nature-based Learning
Written by Rachel A. Larimore
Children are spending less time being outside in nature, playing, imagining, and learning about their surroundings. Instead, they’re spending more time with tablets, televisions, and overly structured routines. Preschool Beyond Walls shows practical and strategic ways educators can create rich, explorative, and interdisciplinary learning through extensive outdoor experiences.
Learn how to develop and implement a nature-based curriculum to support children’s optimal learning, from start to finish. Whether you’re creating a new curriculum or transitioning from a conventional approach, you will learn how to:
Create a program philosophy
Infuse nature into all aspects of your program
Prepare teachers for a nature-centered approach
Implement curriculum and pedagogy that emphasize inquiry-based learning through play and hands-on discovery
Maintain high-quality early childhood practices that support children’s development
Establishing a Nature-Based Preschool
Written by Rachel A. Larimore
Nature-based preschools are powerful programs that fuse early childhood and environmental education to develop a child's lifelong connection with the natural world. With the number of this unique, cutting-edge program growing throughout the country, many nature centers are asking, Is a nature-based preschool right for us? Establishing a Nature-Based Preschool helps answer that question and provides a how-to guide to move from concept to implementation.