Consulting & Mentoring

for

Nature-Based Early Childhood Programs

My work supports programs that are ready to deepen their relationship with the outdoors, their educators, and the children in their care.

How I Work

I work with directors, educators, and full program teams.

My approach is both structured and flexible—ranging from short-term consultation for specific challenges to longer-term mentoring relationships that support deeper, sustained program change.

Support may include on-site visits, virtual meetings, reflection, and ongoing guidance as practices are integrated over time.

❋ Intentional Areas of Support

Support may look like:

  • Increasing consistent outdoor time and nature-based learning (with the goal of significantly expanding time outdoors for children)

  • Supporting educators in feeling confident, equipped, and inspired in outdoor environments

  • Strengthening daily rhythms, transitions, and outdoor flow

  • Reimagining behavior through environment, relationship, and developmental lens

  • Supporting inclusion and offering guidance toward appropriate supports for children with diverse needs

  • Building nature-based practices that can become embedded as long-term program culture

❋My Role in Your Program

Clients often describe my work as:

  • supportive

  • creative

  • full of ideas and suggestions

  • deeply knowledgeable about children and human development

  • grounding and reassuring

  • helping teams feel seen, heard, and valued

  • curious rather than directive

My role is not to impose a system, but to observe, reflect, and respond to what is actually happening in your program.

❋ What You Can Expect

Programs I work with often experience:

Increased

  • time and confidence outdoors for children

  • staff feeling more equipped and supported

  • greater clarity in outdoor routines and expectations

  • a shift toward more play-based, nature-centered practice

  • stronger understanding of children through an environmental and relational lens

  • increased confidence supporting diverse developmental needs

Together, we look at what is already present, what is emerging, and what is possible when we slow down, observe, and respond with intention.

This includes moving towards:

Intentional, relationship-based practice

  • collaboration across teams and families

  • curiosity as a guiding lens for both adults and children

  • and a broader understanding of what “best practice” means for young children