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Sector leading, multiple award-winning centre for innovation and the home of theFloorbooks Approach. Auchlone Nature Kindergarten is located near the town ofCrieff, which is the perfect base for exploring Scotland and engaging in aresidency to develop pedagogy and practice

With 20 years of organising impactful study trips
Come to Scotland. Experience Early Childhood Differently.

International study experiences with Dr Claire Warden and invited guests

Experience early childhood practice in action.

Join immersive study tours at Auchlone Nature Kindergarten and partnership sites, exploring nature-based learning, pedagogy, leadership and the everyday practice of using the Floorbook Approach® to underpin high-quality early childhood education.

Your study experience includes opportunities to spend time with Dr Claire Warden, internationally recognised for her work in early childhood pedagogy, outdoor learning and the Floorbook Approach®. Claire will share the thinking, research and experiences behind her approach but, importantly, she will invite you to question it.

Because meaningful professional learning is not about collecting new ideas.
It is about changing the way we see.

See Auchlone Nature Kindergarten. Feel the difference.

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Learning exchanges and residencies

  • International Learning Exchange

    May 2027

    Join us to explore the management and leadership of nature-based, child-responsive pedagogies.

    Register interest using form below 

  • Canadian Learning Exchange

    October 2027

    Slow pedagogies and the Landscape of Early Childhood.

    Hosted by Dr Claire Warden (Scotland), Jill and Adam Bienenstock (Canadian Landscape Designers)

    Register interest using form below 

  • Icelandic Learning Exchange - March 2027

    Sharing the culture and traditions in early education.

    This exchange is full

  • Netherlands Learning Exchange - April 2027

    Nature Pedagogy and the place of Floorbooks. Dutch / English speaking.

    This exchange is full

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Save your place on a tour

Tour Creator

Design your own study tour with us.

For over 20 years we have been running outstanding tours to create professional communities to exchange learning. Tours have been from 2 days to 3 week tours both in Scotland and abroad. If you don't see what you need please complete this form and we will get in touch to see what we can do to help.

Once you've registered

You will have time to:

1

Prepare

Meet online before you leave to travel

2

Observe

See and feel practice happening in real time.

3

Read

Articles selected by Claire to ponder over in discussion sessions.

4

Question

Ask why things happen and why they matter.

5

Connect

Share experiences with educators from different cultures and contexts.

6

Reflect

Consider your own assumptions, pedagogy and professional culture.

7

Reimagine

Identify possibilities for change when you return home.

Don’t just hear about it. Come and experience it.

There are many conferences.

There are many courses.

There are many presentations about nature-based learning and the Floorbooks approach

But there are far fewer opportunities to step into the practice itself.

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Come for the experience. Stay for the thinking.

Return ready to make a difference.