This week, Adrienne interviews Anne Adams about the importance of play in children - especially unstructured play outdoors. Learn about why fresh air and play is so important to developing minds, and how to encourage more outdoor adventures for your family!

About the guest:

Anne Adams is an early childhood professional specializing in play and nature based pedagogy. Her work is with children, birth to eight, and those who care for them. Anne has dedicated her adult life towards improving the care and education that young children receive. Her experience has been spread far and wide from Childcare Administrator to Policy Advocate to Teacher to Volunteer to Consultant and Coach. She has also found herself working across ages and stages in a variety of care and education settings. She has weaved together these diverse experiences and uses them as inspiration for her continued work in the field. Currently, she leads the Maine Early Childhood Outdoors (MaineECO) Network by uniting the many people and organizations already supporting and practicing outdoor nature-based learning. She continues to work as an outdoor learning coach and consultant as well. Anne lives in Rockport Maine with her husband and two young boys, she is an avid long distant runner and enjoys being out on the ocean with her family.

Maine Early Childhood Outdoors www.maineeco.org

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