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A brief overview of some of what Jeffers Foundation is doing
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FamiliesOutdoors.Org
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GO Outdoors
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Jeffers Pond
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The Outdoor Classroom
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Jeffers Junior Naturalist Program
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Calendar in the Classroom
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EcoTime
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WRAP - Waste Reduction Awareness ProgramWRAP is a Jeffers initiative to assist elementary schools to reduce lunchroom waste. 31 Minnesota schools were recognized with WRAP awards for reducing waste. Jeffers and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency collaborated to aggregate information and case studies with the goal that schools complete the WRAP Self-Assessment and visit the WRAP web pages to find the resources necessary to improve their waste reduction / education efforts. |
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Jeffers Workshops
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McColl Pond Environmental Learning Center
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Jeffers Journal
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Big Green Bus
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One of Jeffers guiding principles has always been to help Teachers do their job more effectively without adding cost or additional work. All Jeffers programs and products are designed with this basic philosophy. Jeffers also feels that when a Teacher participates in one of our workshops she/he will gain valuable insights into how to best make use of the product or program Jeffers generously offers. Our primary purpose is to help youngsters learn sound principles of Environmental Stewardship and to love and understand their natural world. Jeffers workshops exist for that sole end. We invite all to profit from them. If you would like Jeffers to do a no cost workshop for your school, Parent or other organization, contact us at: Info@JeffersFoundation.org
We are currently updating our list of Upcoming Workshops for Jeffers Foundation. Please check back soon.
Teachers who attend Jeffers' Team Teaching with Mother Nature workshops on journaling and outdoor instruction will receive Jeffers Journals for each
of their students each year they continue to teach outdoors. At these workshops, they will also receive an Outdoor Classroom DVD and a Minnesota Weatherguide
Environment™ Calendar. The calendar is furnished without charge by the Minnesota Freshwater Society.
In addition, if your school sponsors a Jeffers' outdoor workshop for teachers, Jeffers will furnish for your school class
sets of "exploration" LooKits!, consisting of a magnifier, a tape measure, a thermometer and a lanyard in a transparent pouch.
All workshops and materials will be furnished by Jeffers FREE of charge. Contact Sil Pembleton (651) 429-1228 or
edorsil@earthlink.net.
Jeffers Foundation makes available programs and products free of charge to teachers and schools.
From its very inception, one of the guiding principles of Jeffers Foundation has been to help teachers share sound principles of environmental stewardship with their students in such a manner as to leverage teacher prep time and effort all the while offering programs and products free of cost to school and teacher.
Consequently, Jeffers provides programs, products and teacher workshops at no cost. In fact if teachers attend one of our workshops, they will receive a number of supporting items (determined by the nature of the workshop). What Jeffers requests is that teachers share with Jeffers and hence with others, their experiences so that other teachers may benefit from what is learned.
Nature Play
Cognitive development focuses on developing functions of the brain such as thinking, learning, awareness, judgment, and processing information... Nature play
has been shown to increase cognitive development in children of all ages.
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