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In nature-based education, Inside, Outside, and Beyond is often viewed as physical space. It's also a powerful metaphor for how we connect with children, colleagues, families, and the natural world.
This online retreat invites nature-based early childhood administrators into a deeper exploration of Inside, Outside, and Beyond as layers of connection: to ourselves, to our colleagues, to the children and their families, and to the natural world.
You’ll have a space to reflect on how your own presence—your emotions, mindset, and roles—profoundly influence your program and ultimately shape children’s learning experiences.
This retreat is for you if you’re ready to pause, reflect, and reimagine your role—not just as an administrator of a nature-based program, but as a co-learner, teammate, and leader in a nature-based learning community.
Join us as we do the “deep work” of showing up with intention, authenticity, and care to foster stronger nature-based programs. This event is part of our M.A.P.L.E. administrator’s mastermind, but we’re opening the session up for any nature-based administrator who would like to join us.
About Rachel Larimore
Dr. Rachel A. Larimore is an educator, consultant, speaker, researcher, and author. Her work focuses on the intentional integration of nature to support young children’s holistic development by learning with nature to expand their worlds and live rich, full lives. She has written multiple books including Establishing a Nature-Based Preschool, Preschool Beyond Walls: Blending Early Childhood Education and Nature-Based Learning, and Evaluating Nature: Evaluating Natureness: Measuring the Quality of Nature-based Classrooms in Pre-k Through 3rd Grade. Her newest book is Reimagine the Role of Teachers in Nature-based learning: Helping Children be Curious, Confident, and Caring. Rachel is the founder and Chief Visionary of Samara Early Learning, an organization focused on helping early childhood educators start nature-based schools or add nature-based approaches into their existing program. Prior to founding Samara, she spent more than a decade starting and directing one of the first nature-based preschools in the United States.