Nature Appreciation
Thoughts and Feelings

Our students cultivate a personal connection with, and a respect for, the natural world when they spend time outdoors. Nature appreciation at the CEC is based upon our value that students should have time in the open air to explore and experience our school property as well as have time to reflect upon their own personal observations, feelings, and relationships with the natural world. Guided by our teachers, nature appreciation manifests itself in many ways, from hiking in the forest and sharing a special snack along the trail to sitting quietly and studying a “special place”, from journaling and creating art in the forest to having the freedom to lay in the grass or under a tree while reading outside of the classroom’s four walls.

Click here to read more about our Nature Appreciation program called Touching the Heart