Experiencing nature with all senses
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Recently, as in every school year, the ‘Nature Education Certificate Course’ for prospective socio-pedagogical assistants took place.
Here, the students experience a theoretical part with a practical orientation as well as a nature education excursion in a wooded area in Kiel.
First year students can acquire more detailed knowledge in the working field of forest and nature kindergartens, as well as gain a variety of experiences in nature.
The following topics, among others, are addressed in the course:
- Exploring nature safely with children
- Education does not stop at the forest
- Nature conservation and sustainability
- Roles and rituals in the forest kindergarten
- Promoting sensory perception
- Forest bathing with childrenehmung