Nature-Based Director- Childcare | Educator |Leadership | Homeschool | Outdoor Play

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The Nature-Based Director Podcast is for nature-loving, child-centered educators, founders, and directors who want to build and lead thriving nature- and play-based programs without losing themselves in the process. Whether you're dreaming of starting a nature school, forest school, outdoor preschool, or nature-based early childhood program—or you're already deep in the work of leading one—this podcast offers practical guidance, honest conversations, and encouragement for the real-life challenges of outdoor education and program leadership. Each episode explores topics like how to start a nature-based program, forest school leadership, outdoor learning, child-led play, enrollment, finances, staffing, policies, behavior and big emotions, teacher burnout, sustainable leadership, and navigating the unexpected as a program founder or director. Hosted by Ade Hofmann, M.Ed., founder of Nature Play All Day and an educator and leader with nearly a decade of experience in nature-based school