In Mud: Nature-based early childhood education

Spring in the Tetons begins with mud! Come join us for our 9th annual In Mud Workshop. We are excited to welcome keynote speaker Amy Butler, early childhood educator, author and nature-based learning explorer.  Amy has been working in partnership with teachers for over 25 years to create routines and rituals that support children and adults to learn with nature. These nature-based practices can support us in mind, body and heart, and over time, become habits of learning and ways of being. Through teacher narratives and observations of children playing in nature, Amy will share how the natural world can guide us towards a deeper connection with ourselves, one another and the world around us. 

Workshop sessions will explore these themes and topics further with opportunities to spend time outside – exploring, playing, and taking risks together.  Following the morning keynote, participants will have the opportunity to peek into classrooms and then take a journey to Rendezvous Park, the Jackson Hole Land Trust’s flagship community open space, near the Jackson Campus.

Recommended for Early Childhood Educators: preschool through lower elementary school.  7 STARS hours are available or a certificate of completion.

There is an option to stay overnight at TSS on Friday, April 30th, 2027 with arrivals from 5-7 pm. For those who stay on Friday evening, lodging and breakfast the following morning will be an additional $125.