Once Covid became a realty in our schools, the urgency to take students outdoors increased. Across Canada, a return to…
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Outdoor Classroom Set Up Archives
Playful ways to engage children in cross curricular learning outdoors!
How to build a music wall in your outdoor classroom
Of all the curricular content I teach as an elementary school educator, music is likely my weakest subject area. What…
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10 Tips for Teaching Outside the Classroom
Teaching outdoors is nothing new. As a species, humans have evolved to learn outdoors. For thousands of years, we have…
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Teaching Prep Outside
My role as a teacher is always evolving. Over the past 20 years, I’ve taught just about every grade in…
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Garden Vocabulary Vase and Scavenger Hunt
One of my favourite, low prep ways to enhance and develop garden vocabulary in the outdoor classroom is to prepare…
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How To Build A Dinosaur Garden
If you’ve ever fallen into the black hole of Pinterest, you’ve certainly seen some cute and fun ideas for gardening…
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