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Empowering communities, educators, and families to connect children to nature and the outdoors

10/27/2026

✨ We had so much fun at EELN’s first Professional Learning of the school year! 🌿

Our session introduced participants to the BEETLES Project and explored two foundational practices of outdoor learning: Making Observations and Asking Questions.

When we slowwwwww down and engage our senses, we begin to notice things we might otherwise overlook. 👉 Those observations spark curiosity, lead to new wonderings, and inspire questions about the world around us!

📍Join us November 10 for our next EELN workshop! We’ll explore how to plan and lead a workshop, develop a strong proposal, and take your ideas from inspiration to submission. Whether you’re considering presenting at the Environmental Literacy Summit, the AEOE Conference, or another event, this session is for you!

👏👏 A big thank-you to everyone who joined us in exploring, noticing, and wondering together!

10/25/2026

Have you ever struggled to write a conference workshop proposal or felt nervous about facilitating an interactive outdoor education session?

You’re not alone—and we’re here to help you turn your ideas into a compelling, hands-on presentation! 💡

Join the Environmental Educator Leaders Network (EELN) for Planning and Leading an Engaging EE Workshop!

Thinking about submitting a proposal for the upcoming Environmental Literacy Summit in March 2027? This workshop was designed with you in mind!

Event Details:
🗓️ Date: Friday, November 20
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 Location: Tecolote Canyon Natural Park and Nature Center
🎟️ Registration: Required! Scan the QR code on the flyer or visit sdcoe.k12oms.org/1022-286369

Bring your curiosity, your favorite outdoor teaching ideas, and a friend! 🌿📝

10/22/2026

✏️This Sunday! 🗓 Join Debi, our Program Specialist and Trainer, for a guided nature journaling workshop focused on observing the world around you, put on by !

Debi is an avid, experienced nature journaler who has traveled the world, using nature journaling to slow down, connect with place, and deepen her observations. She is excited to share her love of nature journaling with you and help you discover a whole new way of experiencing the trail.

📍Birdwing Open Air Classroom, Del Mar, CA
⏰ Sunday, October 25 • 10 AM - 12 PM

👉 Feel free to bring your own blank paper or journal, writing utensil (pencil or pen), and coloring tools. This event will take place outside, so bring sun protection and water.

San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy is hosting this event. For full details on the date and location: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sdrvc-art-in-nature-nature-journaling-workshop-tickets-1997775923566

10/16/2026

✨ "Innovate today. 🌱 Nourish tomorrow." 🌍

Happy World Food Day! This year’s theme reminds us that cultivating a resilient, healthy future starts with rethinking how and where we grow—and at San Diego Children and Nature, we believe that transformation can begin right in the schoolyard. 🏫🥕

School gardens are far more than patches of soil; they are living laboratories. When students step outside with hand tools, clipboards, and magnifying glasses, outdoor learning spaces come alive by fostering:

🧤 Hands-on experience with seasonal cycles, soil health, and plant care.

📊 Testing variables, tracking growth rates, and practicing citizen science in real time.

🤝Teaming up across grade and experience levels to tend, harvest, and share the fruits (or veggies or flowers) of their labor.

Whether your schoolyard hosts raised beds, native shrubs, or a pollinator pathway, school gardens help nourish tomorrow’s eco-literate problem-solvers.

🌻 Ready to sow the seeds for an outdoor classroom project this school year, but need a little help? 🔍 SDCaN offers teacher/student side-by-side training that helps teachers explore how to incorporate the outdoors into their everyday lessons. If you are interested in learning more, contact us at [email protected]

10/11/2026

🐦🪿🦆🦢 During our recent Nature Journal Club meet-up at Chollas Lake part of the morning was spent journaling the nearby birds.

Here's a collection of bird-focused prompts that may be useful for your next journaling sesh!

👉 Save this post for future reference!

Join us for our next Nature Journal Club for Educators:

🗓️ Saturday, November 14 | 9:00 – 11:00 AM
📍 Buena Vista Lagoon, Oceanside, CA

Make sure you're on our email list (reach out to [email protected]) to get full location details a few days before! 📩

10/08/2026

🕷️🎃✨ Think spiders are just for spooky season decor? Think again.

October might be the unofficial month of creepy-crawlies, but jumping spiders (Salticidae) are here to bust the "scary" stereotype.

With vibrant colors, curious head tilts, and enormous "puppy-dog" eyes staring right back at you, these tiny arachnids are charismatic ambassadors for shifting classroom (and home-room!) mindsets around backyard creatures.

Bringing nature study into the schoolyard this month doesn't have to mean giant cobwebs and jump-scares—sometimes it’s as simple as finding a bold jumping spider sunning on a warm school garden fence or brick wall. 🧱

10/06/2026

Exciting things are happening at The Nat!

Tara Fuad (SdCaN's Executive Director) co-represented EELN at the Healing Through Nature Coalition Kickoff.

SDCaN is excited to be part of this important effort and look forward to helping advance the Coalition’s work so that all San Diegans can access and benefit from the healing powers of nature!

09/25/2026

💚 As passionate advocates for outdoor learning, we are always excited to share techniques and approaches that make learning outside accessible, relevant, meaningful, and fun for students of all ages!

Check out a few tidbits that resonated most with participants during a recent workshop!

For those from High Tech High and attended this workshop, what highlight or takeaway did we miss in this post? Let us know 👇

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