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In Bloom in Ohio

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Antioch University’s In Bloom conferences have sprung up in many localities over the past fourteen years, mostly in the Northeast, and also in California, Delaware, and North Carolina.  Antioch’s Nature-based Early Childhood Program is excited to partner with Wildflower Child and Family Center to bring In Bloom to Ohio for the very first time! We’ll celebrate with a wonderful selection of workshops, presentations, exhibits and book sales. Check-in and morning snacks will take place at the Wildflower Child and Family Center, Carriage Hill MetroPark, a historic farm within the Five Rivers MetroPark system. A tent will provide shade for the morning keynote and an afternoon panel presentation.    

Wildflower Child & Family Center is a licensed nature-based child care center that uses a child-led, process-based, and multi-generational approach to encourage belonging, growth and nature connection. We hold part-time preschool classes, a year-round full-time child care class, side-by-side toddler and drop-off toddler classes as well as community, alumni, and caregiver education programs. WCFC is Gold Star rated in Ohio’s Step Up To Quality System, serves families who qualify for Publicly Funded Child Care as well as several other subsidy programs and participates in our local Preschool Promise universal child care initiative. We partner with other agencies and serve as a hub for educators to gather and learn, thus increasing the capacity of nature experiences for children in early childhood settings in the Miami Valley.

Wildflower Child & Family Center is a member of the Ohio Nature-Based Early Childhood Education (ONbECE) Collaborative, a group of like-minded educators who have either founded, are working at, or aspire to begin or work in a nature-based setting with children ages birth-8. We have come together since 2018 to enjoy collegial friendships as well as learning and growing as professionals. We also come together to share and gather resources.   

Registration process

  • Each person must register individually using a unique email address.
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Registration Price Categories and Discounts:

Standard Rate: $125 per person
Antioch alumni and students: $75 per person
Use the discount code IBANTIOCH26 when you check out.
Group Registration: We offer a discounted group rate of $100 per person for schools or organizations sending a team of three or more.
If you are part of a school group, you must still register as an individual.
Use the discount code IBGROUP26 when you check out.

If you cannot pay by credit card, email Jen Zakrzewski at [email protected] to arrange for payment by check.

For questions or troubleshooting, email [email protected].

Morning Keynote

Wow! Thanks! Cultivating Wonder, Joy, and Gratitude in Nature-based Education

Rachel Larimore
Samara Early Learning, Midland, Michigan

There’s a lot of talk in early childhood about child learning outcomes. Yet, some of the most important impacts and outcomes of nature-based learning are the hardest to measure. Rachel will invite you to consider how nature-based programs cultivate a culture of wonder, joy, and gratitude. She will also discuss how supporting children to embody “Wow!” and “Thanks!” requires teachers to practice curiosity, joy, and gratitude as well. No matter how long you’ve been in nature-based education, you’ll leave this keynote reflecting on your practice, energized, and ready to change the world—in the ways that truly matter.

Dr. Rachel A. Larimore is an educator, consultant, and former director of one of the first nature-based preschools in the US. For nearly 30 years her work has focused 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. Her books include Preschool Beyond Walls: Blending Early Childhood Education and Nature-Based Learning, Evaluating Natureness: Measuring the Quality of Nature-based Classrooms in Pre-k Through 3rd Grade, and Reimagining 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. 

Afternoon Panel

From Founding to Flourishing

Facilitated by Julie Biddle
Professor Emerita, Antioch University

Panelists  
Christin Butler, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Solid Ground School
Sherri Dauer, Founder, Forest Time Kindergarten
Meredith Florkey, Weaver, Wildflower Child and Family Center 
Lee Hamzy, Co-Teacher and Executive Director, Little Schoolhouse in the Woods

Starting a nature-based program can be a dream come true.  It is also a significant undertaking!  Learn about the joys and challenges from a panel of Ohio educators who have established unique programs.  Their experiences will inform and inspire.

Dr. Julie K. Biddle served on Antioch’s Education faculty from 2009 – 2024.  Prior, she taught in pre-k to grade 5 classrooms in both public and private schools, and worked with school leadership in organizational improvement efforts. Julie is the author of The 3Rs of Leadership and numerous articles focused on early childhood, leadership and Reggio- inspired practices. 

Morning Workshops

Workshop sign-ups will be at the Registration Check-In on the morning of the conference.
Come prepared with your chosen selections and come early enough to have options.

Milkweed Menagerie
Rania Fowler, Preschool Teacher and Early Childhood Nature Programming, Old Trail School, Akron, Ohio

Join this hands-on workshop and take a closer look at life in a milkweed patch. When adults and children slow down and notice what’s happening in this unique habitat, it deepens our appreciation, encourages constructive learning, and sparks a sense of wonder. We will take a little jaunt to investigate this critical ecosystem, and you will leave with inspiration and practice advice to start your own milkweed patch to benefit our native fauna as well as the children in your care.  

Gathering in Circle: Seasonal Rhythms for Young Children
Lee & Jason Hamzy, Lead Teachers, Little Schoolhouse in the Woods, Cincinnati, OH

In this experiential workshop, participants will step into a living circle of song, verse, and movement drawn from our work with young children. We will share practices in oral storytelling and puppetry, while exploring how deep knowledge of students and the seasons guides our choices. Together, we’ll consider how circles shift throughout the year—inviting more movement in winter, gentler rhythms in warmer months—and why these embodied traditions nurture connection, imagination, and meaningful learning.  

The Science of Reading
Eppie Miller, Learning Specialist, Fuchs Mizrachi Jewish Day School and Owner of Insight Learning, LLC, Cleveland, OH  

The Science of Reading represents five decades of interdisciplinary, scientifically-based research that demonstrates how the human brain most effectively learns how to read and write.  It also explains why some individuals have difficulty with reading and written expression, as well as how to most effectively assess and instruct students who need different kinds of instruction.  This interactive learning session will take a dive deep into the best practices for teaching reading and writing in ANY outdoor learning environment.  We will explore how proficient reading and writing develops in Early Childhood and brainstorm ways to implement these ideologies outdoors.  

Stick Play: The Power of Imagination
Anne Stires, Educational Consultant, Lincolnville, ME and Senior Lecturer, Antioch University, Keene, NH

Sticks are quite possibly the world’s oldest toys. They invite expansive imagination, the telling of story, engineering skills, and social safety awareness. Children use sticks as tools, utensils, machines, magical people, armor, animals and for building, for making pretend fires, and creating music or art. This workshop explores the many benefits of stick play, increases our collective comfort in using sticks with young children, and expands understanding of mitigating and managing the risks. 

Bird Language
Emily Foubert, Director, Wander Out

In this all-outdoors workshop, Emily will lead the group through teachings on bird communication, a group observational meditation out on the land, and a mapping process that tells the story of the morning through the eyes of the birds. This process is easily replicable with any age, especially tapping into childhood passions of mapping, hide and seek, and storytelling.  

Afternoon Workshops

Workshop sign-ups will be at the Registration Check-In on the morning of the conference.
Come prepared with your chosen selections and come early enough to have options.

Little Explorers: Facilitating Family Playgroups
Liza Serenqua, Director, Inside-Outside, Antioch University; Early Intervention Educator, Rise for Baby and Family, Keene, NH

Discover how to use the seasons as a guide and all that Mother Nature has to offer for nature-based explorations for the youngest learners (age 2-4 years) and their caregivers. We’ll explore ways to create a predictable, reassuring rhythm that includes songs and simple activities, which are engaging and fun. Learn how to offer nature-based activities and opportunities to discover the wonders of nature, rain or shine or snow.  

Nature Mandalas: Engaging Storied Kincentric Relationships
Christine Widrig, Ed.D., Teacher, Writer, Coordinator for Nature-based Education, Welsh Hills School, Granville, Ohio

Noticing and witnessing the multitude of relationships within the natural world calls for patient, steadfast ways of observing nature and processes of living, dying and rebirth over time.  This can be nurtured and supported in young children by intertwining environmental concepts and Indigenous story, while honoring complexities within the natural world. In this workshop, we will explore nature as kin using storied witnessing. Walking, noticing, listening to the land; tapping voices of Indigenous story; gathering remnants, participants will explore aspects of kincentric relationality.  A nature mandala will be created as storied witness of our time together. 

Climb Higher: Risky Play, Forest School, and the Movement Transforming Families & Communities
Sherri Dauer, Founder, Forest Time Kindergarten and Homeschool, Perrysburg, OH

Discover how nature-based learning through forest school supports children’s social-emotional growth, resilience, and overall well-being, with a special focus on the power of risky play. This interactive workshop explores how climbing, tool use, and child-led challenges build confidence, independence, and critical thinking. Learn how one program grew beyond early childhood to support families with babies, teens, and even adults—creating a thriving, connected community. Through hands-on experiences, real-life stories, and reflection, participants will gain practical tools to meet the needs of today’s children while fostering connection, curiosity, and lifelong learning through nature. 

Bringing the MetroParks Birding Challenge to Early Learners
Pam Lyons Gromen, Education Coordinator, Five Rivers MetroParks
Meredith Florkey, Director, Wildflower Child & Family Center, Dayton, OH

The Five Rivers MetroParks Birding Challenge for the Classroom encourages students to build meaningful connections to nature through birdwatching. Birding supports physical activity, focus, and sensory development as children observe bird colors, patterns, behaviors, and songs. The challenge provides resources and inspiration for schools to take learning outdoors and explore local birds. Wildflower Child & Family Center was an early adopter, creating an early childhood version of the challenge. In this session, Pam and Meredith will introduce the 2026 challenge, discuss ways to create community partnerships, and demonstrate engaging hands-on activities educators can use with children. 

Staff Training, Wellbeing, and Burnout Prevention
Rachel Larimore, Samara Early Learning

Are you a program director, school administrator, or professional development provider?  Are staff training, teacher wellbeing, and preventing burnout top of mind as you head toward the new school year?  If so, this session is for you.  Rachel will facilitate a collegial conversation for leaders who strive to support nature-based early childhood educators in their meaningful and challenging work.

Continuing Education Terms and Conditions

+2 to Life: Tabletop Role-Playing Games for Personal, Social, and Civic Health

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Dungeon & Dragon dice sitting on text

Tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) are far more than entertainment. They are research-supported tools for learning, connection, and growth. This professional learning opportunity is designed for educators, librarians, therapists, caregivers, and community leaders who want to harness the power of collaborative storytelling and structured play to foster creativity, empathy, and civic engagement in the people they serve.

Participants will explore the research base behind TTRPGs and engage with practical strategies for integrating them into classrooms, libraries, therapeutic settings, and community spaces. This course supports a shift toward playful, participant-driven approaches that center collaboration, perspective-taking, and meaningful reflection, values that align directly with the CCDEI framework’s commitment to inclusive, equitable, and community-centered practice.

Learning Goals

  1. Develop a working understanding of core TTRPG structures and how they function in facilitated play.
  2. Build confidence and practical skills for leading TTRPG sessions across a variety of professional settings, such as classrooms, libraries, therapeutic environments, and community spaces.
  3. Expand their capacity to adapt TTRPG facilitation to support a wide range of learners and participation needs.
  4. Strengthen their ability to connect TTRPG programming to learning, wellness, and the broader mission of their professional context.
  5. Grow their skills in communicating the educational and well-being value of TTRPGs to the people they serve and their communities, such as students, clients, families, and institutional stakeholders.
  6. Apply course learning to the design of future programming involving games and collaborative storytelling in their own professional setting.

Instructor

Adam Davis

Facilitator of Game-Based Human Flourishing

Adam has been using games to build community, connection, resilience, and joy for nearly 15 years. In 2017 he co‐founded Game to Grow, a nonprofit that has served hundreds of youth worldwide through its Social Flourishing and Hospital Gaming programs. Under his leadership, the groups grew to support more than 150 participants each week, and he trained thousands of practitioners across six
continents to use role‐playing games in classrooms, clinics, hospitals, and libraries.

He also co‐created Critical Core, a therapeutic role‐playing game now
in the hands of more than seven thousand therapists, educators, and
families worldwide. Along the way, he had the opportunity to share
this work in over 70 presentations at more than 30 conferences,
including a keynote for the Washington Association of Marriage and
Family Therapy. His writing has been published in five books, and
has been fortunate to have his work featured by outlets such as The
New York Times, BBC, TIME, National Geographic, and Forbes.
Through all of this, Adam remains grateful to have been part of a growing global
movement bringing the life‐enriching power of games to classrooms,
clinics, hospitals, and homes around the world.

In Bloom in Maine 2026

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Nature-based early childhood educators – join us for the In Bloom in Maine conference at the Camden Rockport Elementary School in Rockport! The workshops will take place in various outdoor play and learning areas on the school’s campus. We will enjoy providing you with simple morning refreshments and a healthy lunch as part of your registration fee. During lunch and after the conference there will be tours of the school and all of its outdoor spaces.  Also during lunch, participants will have the opportunity to join a MaineECO network meeting where there will be updates on policy & advocacy, other professional development opportunities and ways to get involved in the network.

A FEW NOTES ABOUT THIS REGISTRATION PROCESS:

  1. Each person must register individually using a unique email address.
  2. If you have never used this system, you will need to ‘Create an Account.’ 
  3. If you have registered before for a conference or class using this system, enter your name and email and use “Sign In”  at the bottom of the page.
    • It will recognize your email and ask you to enter your password.
    • If you have forgotten your password, there is a link to reset it.
  4. If you start registering but don’t finish, you’ll pick up where you left off next time you log in.
  5. Workshop sign-ups will be at check-in on the morning of the conference.
    Come prepared with your chosen selections and come early enough to have options.

Antioch alumni and students: $75 per person
Use the discount code IBANTIOCH26 when you check out.

Group Registration: We offer a discounted group rate of $100 per person for schools or organizations sending a team of three or more.
If you are part of a school group, you must still register as an individual.
Use the discount code IBGROUP26 when you check out.

If you cannot pay by credit card, email Jen Zakrzewski at [email protected] to arrange for payment by check.

For questions or troubleshooting, email [email protected].

Morning Keynote

Finding Our Place: Nature-based Education Across Maine

Anne Adams, Network Coordinator, Maine Early Childhood Outdoors, Augusta, ME
Anne Stires, Senior Lecturer, Antioch University; Coordinator of Teaching and Learning, Fiddlehead School for Arts and Sciences; Consultant, Anne Stires Educational Consulting

Finding Our Place centers nature as the third teacher through stories of schools and childcare programs committed to nature-based education. Grounded in the region’s ecological and seasonal realities, the talk explores learning in relationship with woods, waters, schoolyards, city parks, weather, and community. Drawing on examples from public schools, family childcares, early childhood centers, and forest programs, it highlights diverse, place-based approaches that honor Indigenous knowledge and children’s lived experiences, while also showing how nature connection sustains educator wellbeing, purpose, and long-term commitment to teaching.

Anne Adams is the Network Coordinator for Maine Early Childhood Outdoors (MaineECO), Anne brings a deep commitment to connecting young children with the natural world. With a background in early childhood education, play-based learning and a deep personal connection to the outdoors, Anne supports MaineECO’s statewide network through strategic coordination, partnership development, and on-the-ground program support. Anne can be found exploring the woods, fields, and coastlines of Maine—often in the company of children and muddy boots.

Anne Stires, M.Ed. believes in systemic change through community, school, and early childhood initiatives. She founded Juniper Hill School for Place-based Education in Alna, Maine, and now works with Maine schools and childcares on behalf of equitable outdoor learning and nature connection. Anne speaks at education conferences, supports nature-based licensing initiatives, and contributes to publications including, Nature Preschools and Forest Kindergartens (2015) and the Nature-Based Preschool Professional Practices Guidebook (2019). She teaches graduate courses at Antioch University and is a doctoral candidate at the University of Southern Maine researching educator wellbeing and retention in community schools. 

Morning Workshops

Workshop sign-ups will be at check-in on the morning of the conference.
Come prepared with your chosen selections and come early enough to have options.

Workshop Descriptions can be found in the Conference Brochure.

The Art of Storytelling
Minquansis Sapiel, Counselor, Captain, Speaker, Writer & Storyteller

Deepening Our Understanding of Identity through Nature Self-Portraits  
Betsy Myers & Heather Kinee, Bowdoin College Children’s Center, Brunswick, ME

Four Season Families: Engaging Infants, Toddlers, and Their Caregivers in Nature for a Lifetime of Connection
Heather Flewelling, Early Childhood Educator & Family Resource Center Coordinator, Waypoint at the Richie McFarland Center, Stratham, NH

Inside/Outside: Designing Seamless Learning in a Nature-Based Program 
Heather Bowen, Nature-Based PreK Teacher, Camden-Rockport Elementary School, Rockport, ME 

Grounded Teaching: Movement & Mindfulness Tools for Educator Wellbeing 
Emma Corwin Pereira, Grade 2 Teacher, Kate Furbish Elementary School, Brunswick, ME, and Yoga Teacher 

Afternoon Keynote

The Wabanaki People and the Watersheds

Minquansis Sapiel, Counselor, Captain, Speaker, Writer & Storyteller

The Wabanaki people have long had a relationship with the Watersheds throughout the Maritimes, Maine, and other New England states. Minquansis will share stories of the people who inhabited this region way before it became known as part of Canada and the United States, and shed light on how advanced the Wabanaki people were when it came to wayfinding and navigating the Gulf of Maine.  She’ll discuss climate change and its ongoing effects, decolonizing our relationships with the waters that continue to provide life for us, and how to support children’s understanding of, and connection to, our Watersheds in Maine.

Minquansis Sapiel (pronounced Min-Gwon-sis) is an enrolled member of the Passamaquoddy Tribe from Sipayik. The tribe is a part of the Wabanaki Confederacy. Her children’s book, Little People of the Dawn, is illustrated by the oldest of her three daughters. The story expresses their love for growing up playing on the shorelines of the Passamaquoddy Bay. Minquansis holds her Captain’s license and a Master’s degree in Social Work. As Captain, Speaker, Writer, Storyteller, and Freelancer, she speaks to a wide array of audiences and provides guided tours on Wabanaki history and culture with the waterways throughout Maine.

Afternoon Workshops

Creativity, Wellbeing, the Outdoors and Emotional Regulation 
Lindsay Stewart, Director, Sweet Tree School, Hope, ME

Learning Landscapes: Partnerships that support children in caring for their outdoor spaces 
Leah Trommer, Coastal Mountains Land Trust, Camden, ME

Gathering for Fire: Playful Ways to Collect and Prepare Materials with Young Children
Julie Curchelle, Outdoor Nature Based Mentor, MaineECO, Augusta, ME

Strategies for Nature-Based Storytelling
Alison Babb, Grade 2 Teacher, Camden Rockport Elementary School, Rockport, ME

Little Explorers, Big Adventures:  Nature Play for Infants and Toddlers
Jackie Thibodeau & Cheyenne Poulin, Infant & Toddler Teachers, Educare Central Maine, Waterville, ME

Workshop Descriptions can be found in the Conference Brochure.

Workshop sign-ups will be at check-in on the morning of the conference.
Come prepared with your chosen selections and come early enough to have options.

In Bloom in Vermont 2026

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Nature-based early childhood educators – please join us for the In Bloom in Vermont conference, held at Marion Cross School in Norwich on Saturday, May 16! We have a great selection of workshops from regional educators and keynotes from Antioch University Nature-based Early Childhood faculty.  The workshops will take place in the forest where MCS teachers and students spend their Forest Fridays. At lunch, participants will have the opportunity to meet with Antioch University/Inside-Outside’s regional chapters. We will enjoy providing you with simple morning refreshments and a healthy lunch as part of your registration fee.

A FEW NOTES ABOUT THIS REGISTRATION PROCESS:

  1. Each person must register individually using a unique email address.
  2. If you have never used this system, you will need to ‘Create an Account.’ 
  3. If you have registered before for a conference or class using this system, enter your name and email and use “Sign In”  at the bottom of the page.
    • It will recognize your email and ask you to enter your password.
    • If you have forgotten your password, there is a link to reset it.
  4. If you start registering but don’t finish, you’ll pick up where you left off next time you log in.
  5. New this year: You will select your morning and afternoon workshops when you register. You can find workshop descriptions on this page and in the conference brochure. Workshops will be closed as they reach capacity, so you may want to keep the brochure handy while you register.

Antioch alumni and students: $75 per person
Use the discount code IBANTIOCH26 when you check out.

Group Registration: We offer a discounted group rate of $100 per person for schools or organizations sending a team of three or more.
If you are part of a school group, you must still register as an individual.
Use the discount code IBGROUP26 when you check out.

If you cannot pay by credit card, email Jen Zakrzewski at [email protected] to arrange for payment by check.

For questions or troubleshooting, email [email protected].

Morning Keynote

Honoring the ‘I’m Not Sure’ Feeling: Aligning Pedagogy with Children’s Perspectives of Risky Play 

Dr. Erin Tanzer, Antioch University

Educators who venture outdoors often witness children engaging in adventurous play and may wonder: What is this experience actually like for the child? This keynote presents recent research into that inquiry, uncovering the complex feelings and wonderings children navigate during adventurous and risky play. For a young child, the true essence of risk extends far beyond physical challenge; it is purposeful play with emotions, uncertainty, and curiosity. Participants will find inspiration in children’s voices, rekindle their own sense of wonder, and glean child-centered strategies to support play that align with children’s lived perspectives.

Dr. Erin Tanzer is a member of the Education Department Faculty at Antioch University. She enjoys working with aspiring and experienced early childhood professionals to create playful and connected learning environments. Erin’s experience in the field includes teaching in postsecondary/higher education, teaching in Reggio-Emilia-inspired and nature-based early childhood settings, and facilitating educator professional development. Erin’s recent research focuses on young children’s perspectives of outdoor risky play.

Morning Workshops

Workshop Descriptions can be found in the Conference Brochure.

Be Inspired by Fire! 
Chrissy Morley, Experiential and Environmental Education Coordinator, Marion Cross School

Whose Woods These Are – Poetry in the Forest Classroom  
Eliza Minnucci, Senior Adjunct Faculty, Antioch University Education Department; Forest School Teacher, First Branch Elementary School

Tooling Around: Supporting Independence and Healthy Risk Taking through the Use of Tools 
Ken Benton, Director of Education, and Harriet Hart, Forest Preschool Director, North Branch Nature Center

Nature Mandalas 
Sarah Wilson, Environmental Artist; Alum and former staff, Antioch University 

Little Explorers: Facilitating Caregiver-Child Programs 
Liza Serenqua, Director, Inside-Outside Network; Early Intervention Educator, Rise for Baby and Family

Bringing the Farm Into Your Classroom 
Jed Norris, Director of Farm Based Youth Programs, Shelburne Farms

Afternoon Keynote

Is The Best Day Ever Getting Even Better?  

David Sobel and Eliza Minnucci

Let’s revisit the 2017 film The Best Day Ever about Forest Days in Vermont public school kindergartens and explore how nature-based education has changed since 2017. David Sobel will review more than 10 years of research on nature-based early childhood programs. He’ll articulate the difference between two underlying paradigms of early education–developing academic proficiency  vs. developing executive function and  resilience–and show how nature-based programs stack up against traditional programs. Eliza Minnucci will talk about the expansion of nature-based programming from just the early years to across the elementary years in schools throughout Vermont.

David Sobel is a Professor Emeritus in the Education Department at Antioch University. He consults and speaks widely on child development, place-based education, and nature-based early childhood education. He has authored nine books and more than 80 articles focused on children and nature for educators, parents, environmentalists and school administrators in the last 30 years. His most recent books are Wild Play: Parenting Adventures in the Great Outdoors published by Green Writers Press, The Sky Above and the Mud Below: Lessons from Nature Preschools and Forest Kindergartens and Best Bike Rides in New England.

Eliza Minnucci was a kindergarten teacher in Vermont when she began Forest Fridays in 2013. She published A Forest Days Handbook in 2018, and has provided professional development for early childhood and elementary educators around New England. She is an adjunct professor at Antioch University where she has instructed the Nature based Early Childhood Curriculum course since 2017. She is now most focused on her work as the Forest School teacher at the First Branch Elementary School in Tunbridge, Vermont, where she lives with her family.

Afternoon Workshops

Making Charcoal for Nature Inspired Sketching 
Mariah Raynes, Librarian and Artist, Tunbridge Public Library

Telling Wild Stories
Paul Bocko, Teaching Faculty, Antioch University Education Department 

Forest Fridays: A Celebration of Outdoor Learning
Heidi Freeman, Upper Valley Chapter Co-Leader, Inside Outside Network; Kindergarten Teacher, Marion Cross School; and Katie Fritschie, Kindergarten Teacher, Marion Cross School

Feathers and Fur, Scales and Tails
Hannah Gelroth, Senior Director of Education, Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS)

Inclusive Outdoor Education: Promising Practices for Working with Challenging Behavior
Laura Eldridge, Senior Lecturer, Antioch University Education Department; Upper Valley Chapter Co-Leader, Inside Outside Network; Behavior Specialist, Lebanon School District 

Become a Play Detective
Erin Tanzer, Teaching Faculty, Antioch University Education Department 

Workshop Descriptions can be found in the Conference Brochure.