You’ve just returned from an amazing outdoor learning conference, read an inspiring book, or joined an early years outdoor learning group on Facebook or Twitter. You are fired up. Totally inspired. You’ve got so many ideas jumping around in your head that you want to take your students outside immediately on Monday morning.… Continue reading
Month: May 2018
This weekend we hosted an Outdoor Learning Conference at my school. Educators from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and Romania joined us to learn how we do outdoor learning in a school setting. It was great fun meeting everyone, hearing their stories, talking about their outdoor learning journeys and being rejuvenated by their curiosity and enthusiasm. … Continue reading
Just as you have a place to come together in the classroom, you should have a place to gather outdoors. Having a meeting place is a helpful classroom management and instructional tool for both indoor and outdoor learning environments.… Continue reading
You’re a teacher. You’re an expert at what you do. You know it and I know it.
So when your principal stands in front of you at a staff meeting and promotes the latest trend in education or the latest political mandate, you nod your head and smile.… Continue reading