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Recent Blog Posts
Outdoor Classrooms Podcast
I enjoyed my conversation with Victoria Hackett and the Outdoor Classrooms Podcast! Here's Victoria's description: In this enlightening episode, we dive into the world of early childhood education and environmental science with Ann Gadzikowski, the author of the...
Educators’ Network
As the new school year begins, I'm looking forward to participating in the 2025-2026 cohort of the Educators’ Neighborhood, an initiative of the Fred Rogers Institute. Educators' Neighborhood is a community of educators who learn together inspired from the life and...
NatStart Conference 2025
I’m honored to be included as a presenter for the Natural Start Alliance 2025 conference, the largest national gathering of nature-based early childhood educators. My session is titled “Every Drop Counts: Exploring Water Science with Young Children” and is available...
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Upcoming Events
Saturday Morning Story Time
Ann frequently leads Story Time at Evanston’s favorite independent bookstore.
Location: Bookends & Beginnings, 1712 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, IL
Upcoming: Holiday Story Time, Saturday, December 17 at 10:30 a.m.
SXSWedu Presentation
How 3D Construction Projects Teach Coding
Location: Austin, Texas
Date: March 6-9, 2017
Tech Workshops for Teachers
How to Introduce Coding and Robotics to Young Students
A series of three teacher workshops at Northwestern University.
Click here to register.
Dates: Tuesday evenings, January 17, 24, 31, 2017 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.