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    Save the Date: Lab School 90th Anniversary Celebration

    June 26, 2024

    Lab School’s 90th Anniversary Celebration Honoring the Legacy of Former Director Alice Eyman Saturday, September 14, 2024 6 to 8:30 p.m. Audion, STAR Tower, UD STAR Campus Newark, Delaware The Lab School invites you to reconnect with friends, teachers …

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  • A University of Delaware student and a child interact in the Lab’s School’s outdoor mud kitchen, located on the College of Education and Human Development’s Children’s Campus.

    Learning in Nature

    May 31, 2024

    UD’s Lab School helps children, teachers and community members learn in and from nature For nearly 90 years, the University of Delaware’s Lab School, housed within the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), has served children from the age …

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  • Leaders in Nature-Based Education

    March 18, 2024

    The Lab School receives exemplary partnership award from the Delaware Association for Environmental Education With a new award from the Delaware Association for Environmental Education (DAEE), the Lab School, housed within University of Delaware’s Coll …

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  • Three Blue Hens Honored for Green Efforts

    September 21, 2023

    UD Office of Sustainability recognizes student, staff and faculty member Three Blue Hens with strong commitments to the health of Planet Earth have won 2023 Green Hen Awards, selected by the University of Delaware’s Office of Sustainability. Each winne …

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  • A preschooler learns about butterflies with a UD student outside at CEHD's Lab School.

    Learning in Nature

    March 30, 2022

    “Dressing for the weather” takes on a literal meaning for parents who drop off their preschoolers at the University of Delaware’s Lab School, located on the College of Education and Human Development’s (CEHD) Children’s Campus. Taking their cue from th …

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  • Join us for the 2022 In Bloom Conference

    January 10, 2022

    In Bloom in Delaware Promising Practices in Nature-based Early Childhood Education Saturday, April 2, 2022 9:00am – 4:00pm Audion at STAR Tower, University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware Registration for the Delaware conference will open in mid-Januar …

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  • Pandemic Pivoting in Teacher Preparation Lab School Settings

    July 9, 2021

    Authors: Monica Miller Marsh, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education and Director of the Child Development Center at Kent State University Adonia Porto, Lead Preschool Teacher at the Child Development Center Robyn Brookshire, Director of the …

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  • Katie Pollock

    Natural Start Alliance Member Spotlight

    February 4, 2021

    Natural Start Alliance spoke with Katie Pollock, the Master Teacher of the Nature Preschool to learn more about our program. Tell us how the nature preschool began. What impact has it had on the Lab School overall? Eleven years ago, we moved from the m …

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  • Amid coronavirus fears, Newark private schools take classes outside

    October 9, 2020

    As evidence mounts that COVID-19 spreads more easily indoors, many people are getting used to spending more time outside. Hanging out at the park or dining on a restaurant patio may seem familiar, but some private schools around Newark have taken class …

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  • This Delaware school embraced outdoor education before COVID-19. Can others follow suit?

    October 2, 2020

    In Delaware, the emergence of outdoor education programs is fairly recent. Schools might have nature trails or community gardens for students to learn from, but don’t dedicate most of the day to using those spaces, said Katie Pollock, a master teacher …

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