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Best Books About Rain
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
Explore playful outdoor literacy resources that will help you re-think where and how language learning happens in our schools.
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
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,
Story stones for imaginative play Rocks and stones can be considered a “loose part”. That means they do not have a pre-determined story attached to
One of my favourite, low prep ways to enhance and develop garden vocabulary in the outdoor classroom is to prepare garden vocabulary vases that serve
Walking, working and playing in nature invites children’s imaginations to create stories that reflect their lived experiences, their wonders and their understandings of the world
Back to school means back to nature. If you’ve got a class of kids, or just a few in your home needing to get outside,
Pumpkin Life Cycle Books One of the best plants to grow in school gardens has to be pumpkins. Pumpkins are planted and harvested during the
Literacy and Shadow Puppets For pre-literate children, shadow puppets are a fantastic way to support the big idea of story found in most early learning curriculums.
Learning about seeds is an accessible and fascinating starting point for any school garden inquiry. Gardens depend on seeds, and learning how seeds travel can
Teaching outside has a long list of challenges, and trying to complete paper crafts in the wind, rain or snow tops my list of tasks that
The nights are definitely longer and the weather isn’t super for after dinner walks in the park. Instead of turning on the TV or plugging
Thank you for joining me today for our session exploring how we might transition to teaching outdoors. The following blog posts and resources might be
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Thanks to everyone from the The Valley School for such a warm welcome today! What a joy it is to share my love for unstructured outdoor play in schools! Here
Learning about seeds is an accessible and fascinating starting point for any school garden inquiry. Gardens depend on seeds, and learning how seeds travel can deepen a child’s understanding and
Session Six: September 27, 2022 Thanks to everyone who joined me through this series! What a pleasure it has been to learn alongside you all. I hope we can learn
How to Grow Carrots With Kids Carrots can be tricky to grow. Some gardeners have great luck growing them, while others have nothing but trouble. That said, carrots are a