Curriculum

For educators, organizations and individuals working to connect young people to the

natural world through the arts.

Mission

Our mission is to connect young hearts and minds to the natural world through the arts and to inspire teachers to contextualize these programs for their own communities.

Vision

Our priority is to nurture students toward a sense of place that leads to understanding and ownership of responsibility and purpose in stewarding their environments and communities.

Values

Our organization’s culture and the gauges by which we measure all decisions are through the lens of service and putting principles/planet/people and purpose over profits.

Teacher Training

We offer our teacher training programs as both distance learning and

in-person opportunities. Our in-person trainings are held at our two locations in Springfield, MO in the US and on the island of Saõ Miguel in the Azores, Portugal.

Our curriculum is designed to be customized to fit any length of student program. If you are interested in using our curriculum to enrich your community, sign up to be notified when we launch our 2024 training dates.

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Program Overview & Outcomes

Essential Questions / Points of Inquiry
- Purpose
- Spacial reasoning
- Problem solving
- Imagery
- Stewardship and conservation
- Self-exploration and expression
- Creative expression
- Impact and understanding relationship

Skills
- Observation and Identification
- Proper use of natural materials
- Sense of place and local ecology
- Foraging & basic botany

8 Units
- Earth and Plant Colors
- Natural Fibers
- Natural Color and Fibers
- Clay
- Wild Foods/Herbs/Spices
- The Garden
- Wildlife
- Program Synthesizing

Transformations
- Self-discovery
- Identity as part of nature
- Community roles and relationships

Resources
- Downloadable PDFs
- Teaching texts and videos

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