Worms are wonderful. They improve soil drainage, eat parasites and plant debris, and fertilize the soil with their castings. My students love digging in the dirt searching for worms. You are the winner if you find the biggest one! That’s their rule, not mine.… Continue reading
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A big thank you to Juliet Robertson, whose blog post from December 29th, 2022, inspired me to reflect on my practice since August.
The questions, below, are from her post.
What has been the most memorable outdoor experience that happened in your school or setting in this past year?
Outdoor Learning in the New School Year
Our Reception program (3, 4 & 5 year olds) is play-based and is heavily influenced by inquiry and constructivist learning philosophies. We use the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme as our curricular framework.
Both indoors and outdoors, we provide the children with uninterrupted blocks of time, up to 1.5 hours, to play.… Continue reading
World Book Day 2020 is celebrated on Thursday, March 5th. I love children. I love nature and I love books. Put it all together and you get: children reading books outdoors! FABULOUS!
Don’t wait until March 5th. Here’s an idea to help you get started today.… Continue reading
I liked the alliteration of that title. However, if you are going to read books to your students in the rain, I suggest you have a covered area. It’s hard to read dripping, ripping soggy pages.
In Spring 2019, I took the Intro to Exceptional Learners course from Florida Gateway College in Lake City, Florida. Throughout the course, I examined the course content through the lens of an outdoor education teacher.… Continue reading
On Thursday, the children and I began building a snow fort. Click here to see Snow Construction Play – Part 1.
On Friday, we returned to school to find a sagging, melting fort. And no new snowfall. Our hopes of continuing construction were dashed.… Continue reading
Create some anticipation for cold weather play by making ice with your students.
When we returned to school after the winter holidays, we returned to cold, wet mud in our outdoor learning environment. Our part of Germany gets a lot of drizzly rain.… Continue reading
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