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Podcast: Forest Educator with Ricardo Sierra | A Podcast for Revolutionary Conversations about Nature-Based Education
Episode: Nature-Based Occupational Therapy and the Importance of Outdoor Play with Angela Hanscom
Description: In today's episode, my guest Angela Hanscom and I discuss all kinds of things related to developing skills through outdoor play, including:
The impact on childhood development when kids do not get enough outdoor play
How Angela built her nature-based occupational therapy business
Prioritizing play in kindergarten and early childhood
Play-based learning methods
Integrating nature-based learning into schools
The impacts and benefits of TimberNook's program on teacher satisfaction and student well-being
and so much more!
Angela Hanscom is a pediatric occupational therapist and the founder of TimberNook–an award-winning nature-based program that has gained in...