Antioch University’s first conference on nature-based early childhood education took place in Keene, New Hampshire, in 2012. In Bloom has provided focused professional development for teachers seeking to naturalize existing programs and start new ones ever since. Each conference program includes keynote presentations from nationally and internationally recognized speakers along with interactive, outdoor workshops facilitated by a diverse array of early childhood professionals, higher education faculty, environmental educators, mindfulness practitioners and naturalists. Twenty In Bloom conferences have taken place to date in locations ranging from the coast of California to the coast of Maine. They’ve energized the nature-based early childhood movement in public and independent schools, nature centers and childcare programs, encouraging children, teachers and communities to strengthen their connection to nature.

The 2018-2019 school year kicks off with In Bloom in Santa Barbara on November 3, hosted by Antioch University Santa Barbara and the Orfalea Family Children’s Center. Antioch University New England follows with three spring conferences. Mud season in March brings In Bloom to Brattleboro, Vermont, then on to Kittery, Maine, in April. In Bloom in Western MA, a collaboration with the Hitchcock Center for the Environment, takes place on June 8.

Saturday, June 8, 8am-4pm
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