Nature-Based Early Childhood Program Guidebook

The Nature-Based Early Childhood Program Assessment & Guidebook is a project of Minnesota Children and Nature Connection (MnCNC) with support from the Jeffers Foundation and Minnesota Association for Environmental Education (MAEE). 

This project was launched by an all-volunteer team of nature-based early childhood experts in an effort to encourage and support early childhood programs working to incorporate nature into their daily environments, practices, philosophy and policies.

Help us push phase 1 of this project over the finish line by funding the printing of the Assessment & Guidebook. Our goal is to get this resource into the hands of as many program leaders, educators, and caregivers as possible at no cost to them. 

All donations raised for MAEE through this page will be earmarked for the Nature-Based Early Childhood Program Assessment & Guidebook project. 

Thank you for your support! 

Sincerely,

Anna Dutke, Author

Heidi Faris, Author

Jenny Hanlon, Author

Bekah Hanes, MnCNC Chair