Advocates for Outdoor Education in Early Childhood & Beyond
Who is a part of this Collective?
Here is a list of collaborating & participating programs, coaches and organizations that you can contact to learn more about everything from enrolling your child to teaching with more time outdoors in mind. If you'd like to be a part of this work, sign up below & we can add you to this list!
Jennifer Kollerup
CCNBEE Mycelium Director
(Network Manager)
Statewide
You are welcome to contact me to begin connecting with CCNBEE. I am happy to answer questions, provide resources, make connections, and have conversations about your work and how to advocate for outdoor ECE in you community.
Wild Crescent
Forest School
Bear Creek, CO
To provide a safe place in nature for children to socialize, imagine, create and explore in order to learn, grow and sometimes make mistakes in order to learn and grow. We intend to ignite a spark in each child; one of joy, curiosity, appreciation, resilience, understanding.. The list goes on and on and on...
Denver Forest School
Denver, CO
Denver Forest School’s mission is to connect children with their natural world through exploration, inquiry and investigation. Our aim is to provide high-quality, meaningful learning experiences that meet children’s developmental needs, while fostering their natural curiosity.
Wildflower
Nature School
Silverthorne, CO
Cultivating resilient, confident, independent, and creative learners through nature-based investigations and experiences that emphasize the connection between the child and their natural world. We empower educators to provide the highest quality care by creating a caring and inclusive environment that naturally promotes child development in all areas of learning.
Nature School Cooperative
Cherry Creek
SW Aurora & SE Denver, CO
A worker-owned cooperative (aka teacher owned and teacher led) that co-facilitates nature-based, multilingual, student-led learning for early learners and their families in South West Aurora and South East Denver along the Cherry Creek.
Wild Beginnings
Wheat Ridge, CO
Wild Beginnings will offer a safe environment where children can learn, develop and thrive while reaching toward their highest potential. Wild Beginnings will provide an opportunity for all children to engage in life-changing experiences through nature and a quality outdoor education as well as enhancing creativity and well-being.
Inside - Outside
Colorado Chapter
Inside-Outside: Nature-based Educators formed in response to a growing interest in nature-based education. Our purpose is to develop a network of educators and educational institutions throughout the U.S. to support, connect and partner; to confidently, safely and joyfully venture outdoors with children; and to use nature for teaching and learning.
Earthkeeper
Nature School
Pueblo, CO
By creating a platform for extended, regular, and consistent time outdoors for play, social connection, experience-based learning, and Nature immersion, our expert, kind and compassionate staff guide children in building a healthy sense of self, and a love for the natural world. We support the innate curiosity, wonder, and zest for learning that is natural in the young child.
Homestar Children’s Center
South Boulder, CO
Homestar is a connected community of committed parents and teachers partnering to support our children and each other. Enriching children’s lives with meaningful, experiential and nature-based learning while nourishing and expanding their holistic being with a loving focus on social and emotional development.
Little Feet Forest School
Evergreen, CO
Little Feet Forest School is a nature-based preschool program serving 3-6-year-olds in Evergreen, Colorado. We create opportunities for each child to tap into their unique powers through child-led exploration and play, in the support of the natural environment .
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