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Avery Cleary
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  • Walnut Creek, CA
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Lori Pouttu commented on Avery Cleary's group Early Childhood Nature Resources
"http://youtu.be/YGt5WtryQX0   This is one of the cutest fall stories I have ever read!  The beautiful watercolor illustrations are wonderful too!  Enjoy this  preview and then go look for it at your local library... or on Amazon…"
Nov 7
Suz Lipman commented on Avery Cleary's group Early Childhood Nature Resources
"Child care providers and others, enter the CLIF Kid Backyard Game of the Year contest. Your group could win $15K for their favorite non-profit. Deadline June 17. http://bit.ly/10nnZqY"
Jun 10
Avery Cleary replied to Lizbeth Williams's discussion How Did Your 2013 Let's G.O.! (Get Outside) Event Go?! in the group Let's G.O.! Play Serve Celebrate
"Hi Carmen,  Great to see these young ones exploring!  The Marsh Safari Scavenger Hunt sounds like it was lots of fun for everyone.  Thanks for all you do to connect children and their families with nature! "
May 16
Avery Cleary commented on Elizabeth Renton's group children's built environments
"Hi Marilyn, I'm wondering if Susie Wirth with Nature Explore Classrooms might have some ideas?"
Nov 5, 2012
Avery Cleary replied to Avery Cleary's discussion How did your 2012 Serve Outside September event go? in the group C&NN Natural Service Network
"Oahu's community members protected their native forests from plant invaders for Serve Outside September! Students and other members of the community volunteered for a day with the Oahu Invasive Species Committee in partnership with Lyon…"
Oct 27, 2012
Lisa Leihy replied to Avery Cleary's discussion How did your 2012 Serve Outside September event go? in the group C&NN Natural Service Network
"The coastal cleanup events were a great way for families to work together to clean up our beaches.  The kids especially liked seeing the butterflies.  They said that the butterflies were sticking around to watch them clean up the…"
Oct 26, 2012
wayne richards commented on Avery Cleary's group Early Childhood Nature Resources
"Nature's Notes, just won its first national award from Creative Child Magazine! The 2012 PREFERRED CHOICE AWARD (Kids Educational Books category). Nature's Notes on Amazon.com please visit our author website at ButterflyNature.com"
Oct 4, 2012
Avery Cleary replied to Daniella (Donna) Drader's discussion 2012 Let's G.O.! Signature Events in the group Let's G.O.! Play Serve Celebrate
"North Carolina hosted a Let’s G.O.! (Get Outside) Signature Event for the second year. The event was held at the Prairie Ridge Ecostation as part of the NC Museum of Natural Sciences Nature Resource Center Grand Opening. The North Carolina…"
Jun 4, 2012
Avery Cleary replied to Daniella (Donna) Drader's discussion How did your 2012 Let's G.O. (Get Outside) event go?! in the group Let's G.O.! Play Serve Celebrate
"Green Tech Boys Outdoor Leadership Team & Mentors The Boys of Green Tech High School Students and their young mentees from Albany Prep had a Great Ed-Venture in the Adirondacks, in celebrations and service to Let's GO!...for April…"
May 10, 2012
Avery Cleary shared Children & Nature Network's group on Facebook
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Apr 30, 2012
Avery Cleary replied to Daniella (Donna) Drader's discussion How did your 2012 Let's G.O. (Get Outside) event go?! in the group Let's G.O.!
"Let's G.O! Petaluma, CA....Family Fun Outside. We were blessed to have four generations together for a family adventure. After a lovely picnic it was lots of fun to see Kaia who is one and a half years old, and her great grandmother Charlotte…"
Apr 25, 2012
John Thielbahr commented on Avery Cleary's group Early Childhood Nature Resources
"Colleagues, a request that requires a quick response.  C&NN is submitting a grant proposal for adding nature activities to child care programs to address childhood obesity in kids with ages five and under.  Do any of you have similar…"
Apr 20, 2012
Avery Cleary shared Children & Nature Network's group on Facebook
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Apr 16, 2012
Debbie Tashoff commented on Avery Cleary's group Early Childhood Nature Resources
"I love the idea Connecting Children to Nature through literature...there are so many incredible books out there that need to be shared...it saddens me to go into classrooms and see TV themed books on the shelves...there is a wealth of beauty and…"
Apr 13, 2012
John Thielbahr commented on Avery Cleary's group Early Childhood Nature Resources
"Jan, so glad that Emily is moving forward with Book Trails.  I didn't hear from her after I sent my email, but please keep her informed about how valuable this movement is, and ask her to keep us informed on Book Trails.   All…"
Apr 12, 2012
Christina (Tina) Person commented on Avery Cleary's group Early Childhood Nature Resources
"Keep us updated on the Book Trails, hope it comes to my neck of the woods. Is there any way to find out where it go's next?"
Apr 11, 2012

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Avery Cleary's Blog

Nature Circles in South Africa!



The Warriors of the Rainbow!

Dr. Alice Ashwell was inspired to invite the children in her neighbourhood in Cape Town to join her for some nature circle adventures! While walking in Zandvlei Nature Reserve, each of the children from Vrygrond decided on one thing they would do to help the circle of life. To celebrate their commitment, each made a rainbow warrior headdress.  Go to…
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Posted on February 7, 2011 at 3:14pm

We love your creativity!

Teen Nature Circle

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Posted on February 7, 2011 at 3:09pm

CBeyond Volunteers with HON



A big thanks to all the great volunteers from CBeyond who helped us put together another 3,000 Nature Circle Card Sets!

Check out more photos below to see how volunteers from the GAP, Advent Software, Barclays, Genetech, HOBA, NetApp, Kaiser, PG&E, Adobe, Google and CBeyond helped us put together over 33,000 sets of cards!

Volunteers make our CARDS FOR KIDS program possible.

So a big THANK YOU to all the volunteers! Hands On Bay Area! and each of…

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Posted on February 7, 2011 at 3:07pm

GoogleServe Volunteers!



We had a great day at GoogleServe. The volunteers from Google were so enthusiastic and helpful!

Check out more photos below to see how volunteers from the GAP, Advent Software, Barclays, Genetech, HOBA, NetApp, Kaiser, PG&E, Adobe and Google helped us put together over 30,000 sets of cards!

Volunteers make our CARDS FOR KIDS program possible.

So a big THANK YOU to all the volunteers! Hands On Bay Area! and each of the…

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Posted on February 7, 2011 at 1:49pm

A great day with Adobe

 

 

On May 12th, 2010, we had another wonderful group of volunteers eager to help us get more Nature Circle Cards put together. Thanks to Adobe, we have completed over 2,000 more sets.

Check out more photos below to see how volunteers from the GAP, Advent Software, Barclays, Genetech, HOBA, NetApp and Kaiser helped us put together over 21,000 sets of cards!

Volunteers make our CARDS FOR KIDS program possible.

So a big THANK YOU to all…

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Posted on February 7, 2011 at 1:48pm

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At 10:48pm on October 5, 2011, Ron Swaisgood said…
Great, just let us know when you're coming and we'll help set up some fun hikes and a visit to the zoo! Off to take the boys camping in the morning!
At 1:21pm on April 7, 2011, Laura Clifford said…

Hi Avery -  thanks for joining the grandparenting group - tell me about yourself - what is your interest in grandparenting?  I am writing a series of books for children and grandparents.  One of  my interests is introducing children to the natural environment.  Here is the link to my websier if you would like to check it out.  www.grammybookseries.com

Thanks,

Laura

At 7:49am on November 12, 2010, Shannon Wheeler said…
Thanks Avery!
I'm very excited to learn about this group and resource. I really look forward to learning from all the talented people here and hope to be able to share ideas for desert specific science. The resources are limited for Early Childhood and am happy to help!
Thanks for starting this group :)
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