Sparking Interest in Nature--Family Style

Autor/inn/en	Satterlee, Donna J.; Cormons, Grace D.
Titel	Sparking Interest in Nature--Family Style
Quelle	In: Young Children, 63 (2008) 1, S.16-20 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1538-6619
Schlagwörter	Prevention; Experiential Learning; Counties; Poverty; Rural Education; Rural Areas; Program Effectiveness; Naturalistic Observation; Young Children; Family (Sociological Unit); Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prävention; Vorbeugung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Armut; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Naturbeobachtung; Frühe Kindheit; Familie
Abstract	This article describes SPARK (Shore People Advancing Readiness for Knowledge), a nature-based program designed to advance literacy and environmental knowledge in a rural Virginia county that has long been combating generational poverty and low literacy. SPARK engages children between the ages of 3 and 7 and their families in nature learning. The program is a collaboration between the Adult Education Program at Eastern Shore Community College in Melfa, Virginia, and the Accomack County Schools, with support funds from Even Start and Title 1. The SPARK program has grown from serving 25 families in 1998 to involving more than 200 today from a broad range of ethnic, economic, and educational backgrounds. Its purpose is to encourage and teach parents how to become involved in their children's education. To achieve this goal, experiential learning activities are provided by using nature as an outdoor classroom and the main learning theme. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Association for the Education of Young Children. 1313 L Street NW Suite 500, Washington, DC 22205-4101. Tel: 800-424-2460; Tel: 202-232-8777; Fax: 202-328-2649; e-mail: editorial@naeyc.org; Web site: http://journal.naeyc.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10