Social Media:
Facebook page for the New England Network!
Instagram - hashtags, photo with tag about nature-based education
# forest kindergarten # free play # insideoutside #naturebasededucation
→If a person hasn’t had any other contact with Antioch they could use this Facebook page and/or google site as a way to connect and stay connected with the work that is happening.
→ help from folks to start other little chapters. Nourish other groups. You know you want to meet with the kindred spirits in your ares. What is the site visit protocol. What are the discussion prompts for book discussion.
Working lunch at Inside Outside conference! (This could be a time to start another group in their area. Times and place can be listed on the website and Facebook page…..) Looking for a group in the area? List groups and contact info.
What’s the news! - could go on the website!
Newsletter: book review corner, member spotlight…
Site visits: usually stands alone within courses and could be useful for the network to hold. What are our guidelines (gracious hosts... )? This could be something we create and share with others. (What are the likely things that could come up? Assigned a chair? Need to check in at the office? No photos of children!)
SITE VISITS
If you’re open to visitors from our network at your site, describe your program, describe the terms of a site visit, and suggest possible dates. How many observers? With or without children present? Name your terms and whoever wants to attend can RSVP.
Songs, Games, Stories, Books
Successful share
Provide a physical takeaway
Bring a recording device so we can create audio files
Will create a resource page on the webpage
Inside Outside conference (Symonds Elementary School, Keene, NH - Saturday, October 27th)
next meeting: Tuesday, Nov. 27th 4:00-5:30
Grant Writing for Supplies
Support one another with the grant writing process
Various ways to approach this
Particular grants that might serve our specific needs
Successful stories
Bring in Antioch grant writer or teacher who has already done this successfully
