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Leaders in Nature-Based Education
March 18, 2024The 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, 2023UD 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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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, 2022In 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, 2021Authors: 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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Natural Start Alliance Member Spotlight
February 4, 2021Natural 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, 2020As 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, 2020In 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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Newark private schools find creative ways to reopen this fall
August 31, 2020As the Christina School District plans for online learning through at least mid-October, several local private schools are finding creative ways to bring at least some students back into classrooms. The University of Delaware Lab School, an early learn …
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Get Moving
June 16, 2020UD interns host virtual children’s exercise party Did you know there is an international event to help kids get their wiggles out? Every year on the first Wednesday of May, millions of children across the world participate in Project ACES, which stands …
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