Outdoor Classroom Set Up
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Once Covid became a realty in our schools, the urgency to take students outdoors increased. Across Canada, a return to face to face learning saw
Preparing spaces for outdoor learning means considering how your schoolyard can become a creative, imaginative space for joyful wonder and inquiry across the curriculum.
Once Covid became a realty in our schools, the urgency to take students outdoors increased. Across Canada, a return to face to face learning saw
Music Is Not My Strongest Subject But… Of all the curricular content I teach as an elementary school educator, music is likely my weakest subject
Teaching outdoors is nothing new. As a species, humans have evolved to learn outdoors. For thousands of years, we have actively learned from experience alongside
My role as a teacher is always evolving. Over the past 25 years, I’ve taught just about every grade in public elementary schools across two
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
If you’ve ever fallen into the black hole of Pinterest, you’ve certainly seen some cute and fun ideas for gardening with kids. Which is great
Bug hotels are an essential addition to any garden, and particularly a children’s garden. There are really only two reasons to build them. One is
Planting with a theme in mind is a fun and engaging way to begin any garden project with kids. Over the years, I’ve planted several
School garden grants make all the difference in the start up, maintenance and enjoyment of a school garden. Grants and funds from sponsors are often
International Mud Day is June 29th this year, and if you are going to have a garden with kids, it makes sense to have a
Thanks for a great day of being together outdoors! I hope you all have new ideas and thinking about how to plan for and enact
I love to garden. I love the peacefulness, I love watching things grow under my care and I love that I can see both immediate
The outdoor classroom, school-yard, and garden are perfect spaces and places for inclusive and creative storytelling, vocabulary development, non-fiction writing, fine motor skill development and more!
The reality of urban living, especially in expensive cities like Vancouver, is that we often don’t have vast and unfinished basements to banish unwanted toys
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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 into a device, how about
Hello classroom gardeners! Thank you for joining us as we kick off another year of garden learning together. You’ll receive a reminder (and a session link) each month from Van
In British Columbia we are working with a revised curriculum that is practically written to be taught outdoors! The big ideas and curricular content of seasonal change is required teaching
A shift has happened in our house. The kids are growing and their interests are changing. For many years, we got by with a simple toddler table with lots of