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IN A FLASH: Tiny Steps, Big Purpose

CDC Walkathon 2024

 

In late September, children and parents from Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University's Child Development Center participated in the center's annual Walkathon fundraiser for their Outdoor Learning Laboratory. This year, the group walked from the Child Development Center to the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ Student Center. 

CDC Walkathon 2024

 

The center's Outdoor Learning Laboratory provides children with unique, hands-on learning experiences in environments outside of the classroom. The area, opened in September 2013, includes an amphitheater, bike paths, wildflower patches, a garden, a mud kitchen, a bottle house, climbing structures, sandy spots, water features and an open field.

CDC Walkathon 2024
CDC Walkathon 2024

 

These laboratory experiences in nature let "kids do things that kids do" in both guided and unstructured outdoor experiences in playing, walking barefoot, building things, gardening and more.

CDC Walkathon 2024 art
The children at the Child Development Center created this art for the Walkathon event.

 

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POSTED: Thursday, October 10, 2024 04:10 PM
Updated: Monday, October 14, 2024 01:19 PM
WRITTEN BY:
Phil B. Soencksen
PHOTO CREDIT:
Joe Richardson