Results: "K-12 Education", "Outdoor Learning"

a deeper dive into outdoor learning and the senses in this post.)   Working those young muscles Caring for an outdoor space requires both gross and fine motor skills, from...

...basic learning skill, and one of the most pleasurable. Added to this is the more abstract idea of emotional feeling. Together, physical and emotional feeling bring dimension to outdoor learning...

...on different forms for adults — work-based learning, community and technical college programs, self-guided study, etc. — but it’s learning just the same. And it’s essential. But how can we...

few ways to keep the “outdoor” in outdoor learning. Sticks… When a big storm blows through town and rattles loose branches and twigs from the trees, very often, I find...

...recent years, K-12 education has been in the midst of monumental change. From student-directed learning and flipped classrooms to an emphasis on emotional intelligence, education has been reshaped in the...

...outdoor learning spaces on its campus. Several acres of outdoor learning space will highlight different ecosystems—such as woods, a grassland, and even a bog with swamp creatures like tadpoles and...

inspired with ideas on how pollinator gardens could be incorporated into outdoor learning spaces. Don’t Forget the Lunch For something called a “lunch and learn” this one should be obvious,...

learn. Bonus points if you make your sensory wall part of your outdoor learning curriculum, like this water wall does. Research is showing that the fine motor outdoor skills most...

...it’s morally imperative that we do so. We’ve all been hearing and reading about the “COVID slide” that many students are experiencing as a result of distance learning and a...

...adults and families. Designing outdoor spaces for a library is very different from how I typically approach outdoor spaces for schools. For instance, schools generally don’t share common spaces with...