Nature Explore is a collaborative program of the Arbor Day Foundation and Dimensions Educational Research Foundation. The goal of this comprehensive, research-based initiative is to help children and families develop a profound engagement with the natural world, where nature is an integral, joyful part of children’s daily learning.

The Nature Explore Program provides research-based workshops, design consultations and hands-on, field-tested resources to schools; nature centers; national forests, parks and wildlife refuges; zoos; arboretums and early childhood programs.

A network of certified Nature Explore Classrooms is developing throughout the United States. They are appropriate wherever a traditional playground might be built.

Nature Explore consultants are also available to deliver keynote addresses and presentations at educational and environmental conferences.

Since 1998, the Dimensions Foundation has been conducting on-going research on nature education at the Dimensions Early Education Programs, which serve as primary research classrooms, and currently at two additional regional research sites in Minnesota and California.

The Nature Explore program works in collaboration with many national and international partners, including the Nature Action Collaborative for Children, sponsored by the World Forum Foundation; the Children and Nature Network; Keep America Beautiful and many others.

FAMILIES CLUB
Nature Explore Families’ Club includes research-based, field-tested resources designed to help you organize a Families’ Club at your school, organization, or in your neighborhood. The Families’ Club kit has everything you need to start a club that will connect families with the outdoors and each other, while introducing them to a variety of natural spaces in the community. Download or order a families’ club kit, click here.

Visit Nature Explore online! www.arborday.org/explore