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Jan 2023
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136 - Setting Up Routines and Expectatio...

AMANDA
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first step to creating a successful outdoor program. Lauren gives us the tools and the confidence to bring the learning outside!

> Find Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mentoringnatureconnections/

> Read Lauren’s blog: http://www.mentoringnatureconnections.ca/

> Listen to the Mentoring Nature Connections podcast: https://mentoringnatureconnections.ca/podcast-2/

> Me and My Sit Spot book: https://amzn.to/3W8QCu0

> A Dish With One Spoon Treaty: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/a-dish-with-one-spoon

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