Recommend books for teachers to anchor their outdoor learning and inspire their teaching.
If you are going to teach outdoors, you’ll need to make your peace with some rainy days. Rather than seeing rainy days as yucky weather
Over the last twenty years I’ve been teaching and learning outside in a variety of capacities. Both as a parent and a professional educator, I
One hundred years ago Soviet psychologist and play theorist, Lev Vygotsky, argued that play was a purposeful activity for children. Vygotsky believed that a child’s
This post has been written to support imaginative play with a box at home. If you have boxes available from deliveries, or are expecting deliveries,
This post is the second in a series of posts with resources for teachers teaching across the curriculum in their school gardens. This post lists
This post is one of a series of posts listing resources available to teachers seeking tools for teaching across the curriculum in their school gardens.
Loose parts are found or natural objects that have no specific instructions for play and are highly valued for their imaginative and creative affordances for
Thank you to Rene Gualtieri for contributions to this post! Not A Stick Play Having worked at a nature camp, I am very aware of
Math is all around us in nature, and patterning can be a great entry point for students to engage in mathematical thinking and learning while
The emergent curriculum is a valuable tool for student directed inquiry in any outdoor classroom. I often have specific plans for my students that are
How To Use A Visual Schedule Every comedian who tells the tale of a child-less couple breezing out the door is guaranteed to get loads
From time to time, I am sent teaching resources to review. I was offered a Magidome kit during the 2021 school year and was excited
School gardens are fraught with systemic barriers that can take the joy out of outdoor learning. In this workshop we will explore practical and simple solutions for getting your school growing and learning outdoors.
Kids in school means way too much school paper is coming home. Even in this digital age, there is an ungodly amount of paperwork that
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Playdough is surprisingly entertaining for kids of all ages. Adding lavender playdough as a sensorial play opportunity in the school garden becomes a delightful way to integrate student learning and
Formal outdoor education programs are very different than outdoor classrooms. That said, teaching outdoors still requires some planning and preparation, particularly if you are going to spend the majority of
In my work with teachers I am often asked what risky play is. Risky play isn’t something you teach. It is a field of research that helps us better understand why
There are a million ways to craft, learn and cook with pumpkins. Since the internet is full of amazing ideas and bloggers, I’ve put together a round up of pumpkin
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