4. Honoring Childhood through Nature Play: Weslie Cymerman On Outdoors We Learn (OWL)

Learning to play outdoors is a learned skill that every child should be able to develop. In today’s episode Weslie Cymerman, founder of Outdoors We Learn (OWL), shares her journey from a nearly 20 year career teaching in the classroom setting, to the creation of her outdoor youth programming. She offers her philosophy of how allowing the opportunity for children to experience nature, and fostering their love for the Earth, leads to resilient children who will be stewards of the land. Having already had a large impact on its local community since its origin in 2020, OWL continues to encourage children of the Madison area to love nature through play! Links + Resources:Outdoors We Learn: https://www.outdoorswelearnmadison.com/Outdoors We Learn Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/outdoorswelearn/Outdoors We Learn Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/outdoorswelearnConnect with Weslie: [email protected] Follow the show online: Facebook: @WisconsinAssociationforEnvironmentalEducationInstagram: @wisconsinassociationforeeLinkedIn: wisconsin-association-for-environmental-education-incYouTube: @wisconsinassociationforeeView all book recommendations from the podcast: https://bookshop.org/lists/healthier-happier-smarterThank you to our sponsors:James E Dutton Foundation: https://www.jameseduttonfoundation.org/Natural Resources Foundation: https://www.wisconservation.org/WAEE Funding Partners: https://www.waee.org/our-supportersGreen & Healthy Schools Wisconsin: https://green-and-healthy-schools-wi-dnr.hub.arcgis.com/If you’d like to become a sponsor, contact us at [email protected].