Christine Burness-Thompson (she/her)

Professor • ECE Educator • Infant and Child Development Advocate • Outdoor Pedagogy Enthusiast

[Outdoor Pedagogy ECE Faculty @Facultyoutdoors]

The end of a very meaningful learning experience in Cobourg Ontario! Many thanks to Dr. Beverlie Dietze, Colette Martin, YMCA, and the community of Cobourg and surrounding areas for all their hard work and incredible organizing of a very complex event! #outdoorplayandlearning

[Take Me Outside @takemeoutside]

It's your last chance! Register for TMO Day before the week of speakers, activities & prizes begins TOMORROW! Join in & find some fresh inspiration to head outdoors. #TakeMeOutsideDay is for you, however you get out there. Details, resources,& more: https://t.co/f6AXETJW0J

[Christine Burness-Thompson (she/her) @CAThompson02]

The workshops offered provide a variety of wonderful learning opportunities for educators and parents. If you haven't yet looked at the Play Outdoors magazine I would encourage you to take a peak.

[Beverlie Dietze @PlayDietze]

Play Outdoors magazine has a great selection of workshops for educators working with young children.
You won't want to miss the Wonder Wagon workshop with Kat Kerns or Look at the Fence with Beverlie Dietze. Register today. https://t.co/ilhWCyQFh1

[Lawson Foundation @Lawson_Fdn]

In recognition of National Indigenous Peoples Day, a book recommendation. Elder Marshall & @LouiseZimanyi introduce the concept of Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing), the gift of multiple perspectives in the Mi’kmaw language, as we follow children connecting to nature as their teacher.

[Outdoor Pedagogy ECE Faculty @Facultyoutdoors]

Dr. Beverlie Dietze visits and plays at a YMCA outdoor hub in Edmonton- children invite her to order soup!

[Christine Burness-Thompson (she/her) @CAThompson02]

ECE Conference - Disruption and transformation: dancing through change in outdoor pedagogy, by Okanagan College. Jennifer Usher, from Medicine Hat College, and I will be talking about "In harmony with nature: exploring music and movement outdoors."  https://t.co/qvdV60W24A

[Outdoor Pedagogy ECE Faculty @Facultyoutdoors]

Invitations versus provocations - what is the difference? How does the outdoor environment offer natural provocations? How can the ECE disrupt the environment to provoke thinking? Some of the questions and concepts discussed in the outdoor project today.

[Christine Burness-Thompson (she/her) @CAThompson02]

Makes me smile & so wonderful to watch and think about the positive impacts for this child & applications in practice :)

[NOELINEL @NoelineL]

The sheer delight of success:

[Outdoor Pedagogy ECE Faculty @Facultyoutdoors]

Outdoor literacy- reading about making soup from a stone and then making soup! Always remember to bring learning alive!

[Christine Burness-Thompson (she/her) @CAThompson02]

Maybe by being open to the experience of wonder, modeling it, being okay with not knowing everything, and fostering a "lifelong curiosity about what is left to learn" would be a place to start in re-engaging with wonder (Melton, 2021. p. 16).

[Outdoor Pedagogy ECE Faculty @Facultyoutdoors]

As we dwell within the pedagogy of teaching and learning outdoors - it is important to reflect upon the notion of 'wonder' - "To have a sense of wonder is more than being curious" (Melton, 2021)
How might the ECE re-engage in wonder?

[Christine Burness-Thompson (she/her) @CAThompson02]

@Facultyoutdoors Love these pictures & just talked about this with ECE students in Supporting Play Experiences this week...what are children seeing, thinking, and wondering about in their own documentation? #GCECE #ExperienceGeorgian

[Outdoor Pedagogy ECE Faculty @Facultyoutdoors]

When children take the pictures

This allows educators a peek into what the child sees/notices in the places and spaces in which they play and learn. Outdoor documentation that is truly child led!

[Outdoor Pedagogy ECE Faculty @Facultyoutdoors]

The power of changing seasons - what might children discover when being with nature? "The fall season offers children leaves to jump in and the discovery of frost on the rooftops and ice forming on puddles" (Dietze & Kashin, 2019, p. 221)

[College of ECE @CECE_OEPE]

#RECEs: We recognize and celebrate your compassionate leadership, professionalism and dedication to early learning. You are essential to our learning communities.
#ECEappreciation

[Outdoor Pedagogy ECE Faculty @Facultyoutdoors]

The art of reciprocal teaching is “a process that takes the form of dialogue between children and adults for the purpose of constructing the meaning of a particular idea, process, or experience.” (Dietze & Kashin, 2019)
I wonder where the wind comes from?

[York Region Nature @YRnature]

Celebrate the changing of the seasons at the Family Adventure Walk in the Forest on October 15th @KortrightCentre - all welcome! Experience many different stations throughout the forest set up to engage children and their families. Register here: https://t.co/MA0nKHPnft

[Georgian College @georgiancollege]

Thanks to all who attended the unveiling of the new sign at our Truth and Reconciliation Trail in Orillia.🧡

The orange rocks symbolize the lives lost at Canada’s residential schools, and the trail is an all-season reminder of the ongoing journey toward Truth and Reconciliation.

[Christine Burness-Thompson (she/her) @CAThompson02]

So important to be specific with our words. What does a "good job" mean?...in fact it means many different things but it is important to actually say what it is or looks like. Thanks for highlighting the importance of this :)

[Jennifer Cooper, NBCT @CoopersKCottage]

It’s so important to be specific with praise. Kids need something to hold onto.

[Diane Kashin @DianeKashin1]

Join @YRNature at Finding Our Rhythm in Nature through a Seasonal Pedagogy - 4 days/nights at the glacial headwaters of the Humber River on the Oak Ridges Moraine, learning to walk together with Mother Earth and Indigenous Peoples at the ‘edge of the bush’ https://t.co/IgFz317Qoa

[Beverlie Dietze @PlayDietze]

As part of our Lawson Foundation funded project, I am looking forward to our virtual Outdoor Pedagogy: Change makers from diverse perspectives conference tomorrow. Post secondary educators, researchers, advocates & community partners will examine how to advance outdoor pedagogy.