Nature-Based Teacher Retreat February 2020, Tampa - Florida MNP director Patricia León was the keynote speaker at Eastern Region Association of Forest and Nature Schools’ Nature-Based Teachers’ Retreat in Tampa. She spoke to nature-based education colleagues about the special opportunity educators have to support parents in discovering nature alongside their children and in understanding the value of unstructured, child-led play. Through the lens of leadership training, Pat

Florida Association for the Education of Young Children September 2019, Orlando - Florida MNP director Patricia Léon together with educator and MNP mentor Katja von Elbe presented Unlearning Together: Integrating Conscious Discipline in Our Forest School Family at the Florida Association for the Education of Young Children’s annual conference in Orlando. Under Katja’s guidance, MNP has been using Conscious Discipline to model skills and empower children to regulate thems

Children and Nature Network International Conference​ Attended by: FK Lead Mentor & Program Director May, 2019 - Oackland, CA More than 800 leaders from 15 nations gathered in Oakland, CA to advance equitable access to nature.  MNP Program Director,  Patricia León and MNP Lead Mentor, Ana Maria Cordido were among the nature changemakers who, in partnering with  Stephen Le Quesne, presented a dynamic 2 hours conference addressing ways to engage families in nature.  Stephen is

Natural Start Alliance - Nature-Based Early Learning Conference Attended by: Conscious Discipline Consultand, Mentors & Program Director August 2019, Manchester, NH MNP Program Director, Patricia Leon together with educator and MNP Conscious Discipline Mentor Katja von Elbe presented Unlearning Together: Integrating Conscious Discipline in Our Forest School Family at The Natural Start Alliance 's annual conference in Manchester, New Hampshire.  Under Katja’s guidance, MNP ha