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How to Make Outdoor Play Possible All Year Long

It is so important that children get outside to play. When children step outdoors their senses activate and they experience the world in a heightened state—seemingly more excited...

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Heart-Centered Environmental Design: A Fresh Perspective

Heart-Centered Environmental Design: A Fresh Perspective

Author, designer and teacher, Sandra Duncan, EdD, and the president of Guidecraft, Gary Bilezikian, were honored to collaborate and contribute to the 250th issue of Exchange...

Creating Nature-based Classrooms Webinar – Presented by Sandra Duncan and Jody Martin

Creating Nature-based Classrooms Webinar – Presented by Sandra Duncan and Jody Martin

When you think of the aesthetics of an early education classroom, what do you see? Brightly colored plastic toys. Shelves stacked high with lesson materials...

How to Design Inspiring Early Learning Spaces

How to Design Inspiring Early Learning Spaces

 When most people talk about designing an early childhood education program, they mean the curriculum, the funding, or the program. Not Dr. Sandra Duncan. When...

What Does Home Learning Look Like for Us?

What Does Home Learning Look Like for Us?

I’m a mom. I’m an architect. I’m a teacher. Those roles have each taken precedence in my life in differing ways in the past. Sometimes...

Lauren’s Learning Lab

Lauren’s Learning Lab

Lauren Magee — mother of a 3-year-old, 7-year-old and 9-year-old, architect, and educator — has recently found herself in a situation familiar to parents around the world,...

Welcome to Lauren’s Learning Lab

Welcome to Lauren’s Learning Lab

Lauren Magee — architect, educator, and mother of a 3, 7 and 9-year-old — has recently found herself in a situation familiar to parents around the world, with...