Nature Education in Aotearoa with Celia Hogan

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Sometimes in life you meet people who’s experience and inspiration mirrors your own and that is what I feel about my guest today. Celia Hogan is the founder of Little Kiwis in Aotearoa (New Zealand) and we shared such a rich and inspiring chat today which I think you are going to love. 

👉  Celia Shares

• Her journey that brought her to where she is today
• About Little Kiwis Nature Play
• Her inspiration to start her Wild Business
• The nature play landscape in New Zealand?
• How she embeds Maori culture in her programs
• Why it is important to for children to have adventure in their lives
• Why risk is essential in child development
• The largest hurdles she has had to overcome in her nature play journey
• The benefits of starting a nature play business in your community

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Disobedient Teaching: Surviving and Creating Change in Education by Welby Ings

Wild Skills Course
Wild Business

👉 Guest Details
Celia Hogan, Founder of Little Kiwis Nature Play is a Nature Education Specialist, Consultant, Speaker and Parenting Coach. She is passionate about connecting children to nature and is a strong advocate for nature play, risky play and improving mental health and well-being through nature. For the past 24 years, she has worked for a variety of outdoor education organisations internationally, setting up, developing and running outdoor programmes, wilderness expeditions, leadership development programmes and establishing risk management and safety systems. She splits her time with professional development training for teachers, coaching parents, running her Bush Kindy and taking her own tamariki on lots of adventures. She is chair of Nature Education Aotearoa, co-chair of Education Outdoors New Zealand and is an advisor for ECE Reform.

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