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Welcome to the 2024 Texas Children in Nature Network Summit held in Waco, Texas!

After registering for the Summit and making your Wednesday Workshop selection, you will be enrolled in your selected workshop by TCiNN staff. You will see your workshop on your schedule after you have been enrolled.

  • You do not need to select and add your workshop to your schedule.
  • All workshops are "frozen" and only staff can manage enrollment.
  • If you do not see a workshop option on the registration form that is listed on the workshop PDF, that means it is full and no longer available. 

Regular registration ends November 30.

Late registration begins December 1.

Once late registration begins, any cancellations will not be refunded.

Thank you for registering for the 2024 Summit!
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Embracing Nature and Cultivating Young Innovators: Integrating Outdoor and Nature-Based Experiences into Education
Thursday December 12, 2024 3:45pm - 4:45pm CST
Texas South 116
Ignite the natural joy of the outdoors through exploration and interactive hands-on activities. Learn how to enhance indoor play areas as an option to overcome temporary barriers to outdoor nature play. Whether you’re creating a learning space from scratch or transforming an existing environment, this session will introduce key elements of outdoor learning environments and the six principles of nature-based education that can be incorporated to help foster the developmental domains of young children. Participants will be empowered to utilize available assets to teach environmental stewardship through intentional center-based education and to implement key concepts such as risky play and other integrated educational philosophies.


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Alexis Cordova

Early Childhood Project Specialist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Alexis Cordova is an Early Childhood Project Specialist for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Promoting Early  Education  Quality  Program.  She has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Family and Child Development from Texas State University.  Over her 20-year career... Read More →
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Thursday December 12, 2024 3:45pm - 4:45pm CST
Texas South 116
  Concurrent Session, Early Childhood

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