Outdoor Play and Learning Environment
Hands on playground safety training focused on spotting hazards, assessing equipment and surfacing, and creating safer outdoor play spaces. Geared toward childcare professionals and caregivers responsible for children’s outdoor learning environments.
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Structured ITS SIDS training focused on safe sleep practices, infant risk reduction, and childcare compliance. A professional development session for early childhood providers seeking up to date guidelines and documentation.

Structured ITS SIDS training focused on safe sleep practices, infant risk reduction, and childcare compliance. A professional development session for early childhood providers seeking up to date guidelines and documentation.
Structured ITS SIDS training focused on safe sleep practices, infant risk reduction, and childcare compliance. A professional development session for early childhood providers seeking up to date guidelines and documentation.
Training session focused on the updated ITERS 3 scale, with practical guidance for evaluating and improving infant toddler classroom environments. Built for early childhood professionals seeking shared standards and quality improvement strategies.
Training session focused on the updated ITERS 3 scale, with practical guidance for evaluating and improving infant toddler classroom environments. Built for early childhood professionals seeking shared standards and quality improvement strategies.
Training session focused on the updated ITERS 3 scale, with practical guidance for evaluating and improving infant toddler classroom environments. Built for early childhood professionals seeking shared standards and quality improvement strategies.
In-person training covering North Carolina childcare licensing regulations alongside an overview of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Practical infant sleep safety context geared toward early childhood providers and community caregivers.
In-person training covering North Carolina childcare licensing regulations alongside an overview of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Practical infant sleep safety context geared toward early childhood providers and community caregivers.
In-person training covering North Carolina childcare licensing regulations alongside an overview of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Practical infant sleep safety context geared toward early childhood providers and community caregivers.
Interactive, skills-based training that helps caring adults spot signs of youth mental health challenges and practice supportive responses. Emphasizes confident, compassionate communication and knowing when to connect youth with appropriate help.
Interactive, skills-based training that helps caring adults spot signs of youth mental health challenges and practice supportive responses. Emphasizes confident, compassionate communication and knowing when to connect youth with appropriate help.
Interactive, skills-based training that helps caring adults spot signs of youth mental health challenges and practice supportive responses. Emphasizes confident, compassionate communication and knowing when to connect youth with appropriate help.
Practical suicide-prevention training focused on supporting youth in crisis, with clear guidance on recognizing warning signs and asking directly about suicidal thoughts. Learn response techniques that build safety, connection, and next-step support.
Practical suicide-prevention training focused on supporting youth in crisis, with clear guidance on recognizing warning signs and asking directly about suicidal thoughts. Learn response techniques that build safety, connection, and next-step support.
Practical suicide-prevention training focused on supporting youth in crisis, with clear guidance on recognizing warning signs and asking directly about suicidal thoughts. Learn response techniques that build safety, connection, and next-step support.

Imaginative movement and story based play for preschoolers combining songs, prop driven storytelling, and playful dance games to develop gross motor skills, social imagination, and early literacy at Black Mountain Center for the Arts.

Imaginative movement and story based play for preschoolers combining songs, prop driven storytelling, and playful dance games to develop gross motor skills, social imagination, and early literacy at Black Mountain Center for the Arts.
Imaginative movement and story based play for preschoolers combining songs, prop driven storytelling, and playful dance games to develop gross motor skills, social imagination, and early literacy at Black Mountain Center for the Arts.

Hands-on educator training centered on beetles and classroom-ready science connections, with guided activities and discussion geared toward teaching insect diversity. Best for teachers and informal educators seeking practical lesson ideas and nature-based learning.

Hands-on educator training centered on beetles and classroom-ready science connections, with guided activities and discussion geared toward teaching insect diversity. Best for teachers and informal educators seeking practical lesson ideas and nature-based learning.
Hands-on educator training centered on beetles and classroom-ready science connections, with guided activities and discussion geared toward teaching insect diversity. Best for teachers and informal educators seeking practical lesson ideas and nature-based learning.
Practical discussion on bullying and cyberbullying’s effects on mental health, with tools for building belonging and safer peer culture. Focuses on digital age challenges, prevention strategies, and creating supportive environments at school and online.
Practical discussion on bullying and cyberbullying’s effects on mental health, with tools for building belonging and safer peer culture. Focuses on digital age challenges, prevention strategies, and creating supportive environments at school and online.
Practical discussion on bullying and cyberbullying’s effects on mental health, with tools for building belonging and safer peer culture. Focuses on digital age challenges, prevention strategies, and creating supportive environments at school and online.

High energy outdoor day camps at the Adventure Center focusing on ziplines, ropes course challenges, climbing, and creek exploration for school age kids, combining hands on nature skills, active play, and teamwork.

High energy outdoor day camps at the Adventure Center focusing on ziplines, ropes course challenges, climbing, and creek exploration for school age kids, combining hands on nature skills, active play, and teamwork.
High energy outdoor day camps at the Adventure Center focusing on ziplines, ropes course challenges, climbing, and creek exploration for school age kids, combining hands on nature skills, active play, and teamwork.
Hands-on infant CPR and basic first aid instruction geared toward new and expecting parents. Practical safety skills and emergency response basics in a supportive doula service setting.
Hands-on infant CPR and basic first aid instruction geared toward new and expecting parents. Practical safety skills and emergency response basics in a supportive doula service setting.
Hands-on infant CPR and basic first aid instruction geared toward new and expecting parents. Practical safety skills and emergency response basics in a supportive doula service setting.

Professional development workshop for educators centered on black bear ecology and North Carolina wildlife. Expect hands on learning activities, field based discussion, and classroom ready resources for teaching conservation and coexistence.

Professional development workshop for educators centered on black bear ecology and North Carolina wildlife. Expect hands on learning activities, field based discussion, and classroom ready resources for teaching conservation and coexistence.
Professional development workshop for educators centered on black bear ecology and North Carolina wildlife. Expect hands on learning activities, field based discussion, and classroom ready resources for teaching conservation and coexistence.

Guided walk through a teaching garden with practical growing advice, seasonal plant highlights, and sustainable landscaping ideas. Expect hands on Q and A with extension educators and plenty of time for notes and photos.

Guided walk through a teaching garden with practical growing advice, seasonal plant highlights, and sustainable landscaping ideas. Expect hands on Q and A with extension educators and plenty of time for notes and photos.
Guided walk through a teaching garden with practical growing advice, seasonal plant highlights, and sustainable landscaping ideas. Expect hands on Q and A with extension educators and plenty of time for notes and photos.
Hands-on summer Cloverbuds activities for 5–7-year-olds alongside parents, led by N.C. Cooperative Extension staff. An early youth enrichment meetup centered on learning together and building community connections.
Hands-on summer Cloverbuds activities for 5–7-year-olds alongside parents, led by N.C. Cooperative Extension staff. An early youth enrichment meetup centered on learning together and building community connections.
Hands-on summer Cloverbuds activities for 5–7-year-olds alongside parents, led by N.C. Cooperative Extension staff. An early youth enrichment meetup centered on learning together and building community connections.

Interactive online training on practical crisis response strategies for community leaders and helpers. Learn simple, effective peer support techniques to reconnect, listen well, and offer steady help to people navigating hardship and recovery.

Interactive online training on practical crisis response strategies for community leaders and helpers. Learn simple, effective peer support techniques to reconnect, listen well, and offer steady help to people navigating hardship and recovery.
Interactive online training on practical crisis response strategies for community leaders and helpers. Learn simple, effective peer support techniques to reconnect, listen well, and offer steady help to people navigating hardship and recovery.

Creative writing and reflection session set among the Arboretum’s trails and gardens, using sensory prompts to deepen connection with the natural world. Expect quiet observation, journaling exercises, and a restorative, nature-immersed pace.

Creative writing and reflection session set among the Arboretum’s trails and gardens, using sensory prompts to deepen connection with the natural world. Expect quiet observation, journaling exercises, and a restorative, nature-immersed pace.
Creative writing and reflection session set among the Arboretum’s trails and gardens, using sensory prompts to deepen connection with the natural world. Expect quiet observation, journaling exercises, and a restorative, nature-immersed pace.
Hands-on STEM camp exploring planets, galaxies, and astronaut life through interactive experiments and virtual reality experiences. Kid-focused learning in a Cooperative Extension classroom setting with playful, science-forward activities.
Hands-on STEM camp exploring planets, galaxies, and astronaut life through interactive experiments and virtual reality experiences. Kid-focused learning in a Cooperative Extension classroom setting with playful, science-forward activities.
Hands-on STEM camp exploring planets, galaxies, and astronaut life through interactive experiments and virtual reality experiences. Kid-focused learning in a Cooperative Extension classroom setting with playful, science-forward activities.
Professional development day for landscape contractors with continuing-education pesticide credit plus NCLCLB business and technical credits (pending). Classroom-style training at the Mills River Research Center geared toward compliance, best practices, and industry networking.
Professional development day for landscape contractors with continuing-education pesticide credit plus NCLCLB business and technical credits (pending). Classroom-style training at the Mills River Research Center geared toward compliance, best practices, and industry networking.
Professional development day for landscape contractors with continuing-education pesticide credit plus NCLCLB business and technical credits (pending). Classroom-style training at the Mills River Research Center geared toward compliance, best practices, and industry networking.

Hands-on kids camp exploring the journey from local farms to finished cloth through fiber processing, simple weaving, and textile craft projects. Designed for young makers who want a creative, beginner-friendly introduction to sustainable fabric making.

Hands-on kids camp exploring the journey from local farms to finished cloth through fiber processing, simple weaving, and textile craft projects. Designed for young makers who want a creative, beginner-friendly introduction to sustainable fabric making.
Hands-on kids camp exploring the journey from local farms to finished cloth through fiber processing, simple weaving, and textile craft projects. Designed for young makers who want a creative, beginner-friendly introduction to sustainable fabric making.
Hands-on herbal agriculture training focused on harvesting aerial medicinal herbs and post harvest handling to preserve potency and quality. Practical best practices for producing high grade ingredients for value added herbal products at a research and extension farm.
Hands-on herbal agriculture training focused on harvesting aerial medicinal herbs and post harvest handling to preserve potency and quality. Practical best practices for producing high grade ingredients for value added herbal products at a research and extension farm.
Hands-on herbal agriculture training focused on harvesting aerial medicinal herbs and post harvest handling to preserve potency and quality. Practical best practices for producing high grade ingredients for value added herbal products at a research and extension farm.

Hands on backyard herbalism workshop exploring seasonal medicinal herbs, foraging basics, and simple preparations like teas and tinctures. Participants learn plant identification, ethical harvesting, and DIY remedies in a casual community garden setting.

Hands on backyard herbalism workshop exploring seasonal medicinal herbs, foraging basics, and simple preparations like teas and tinctures. Participants learn plant identification, ethical harvesting, and DIY remedies in a casual community garden setting.
Hands on backyard herbalism workshop exploring seasonal medicinal herbs, foraging basics, and simple preparations like teas and tinctures. Participants learn plant identification, ethical harvesting, and DIY remedies in a casual community garden setting.