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The Cornerstone for Teachers
JANUARY 12, 2022
Others, bundled up in their snow pants, preferred to sit on tree stumps we had placed in a circle to serve as outdoor seating. Others, bundled up in their snow pants, preferred to sit on tree stumps we had placed in a circle to serve as outdoor seating. One of those things has been bringing my class outside for outdoor learning.
The Cornerstone for Teachers
JANUARY 12, 2022
Others, bundled up in their snow pants, preferred to sit on tree stumps we had placed in a circle to serve as outdoor seating. Others, bundled up in their snow pants, preferred to sit on tree stumps we had placed in a circle to serve as outdoor seating. One of those things has been bringing my class outside for outdoor learning.
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The Cornerstone for Teachers
APRIL 4, 2021
But when COVID started, nature became an even more essential part of my mental health. The outdoors are a reminder of things bigger than myself, bigger than what’s happening on the internet, bigger than the problems people create and perpetuate. I’ve always been a nature lover — in fact, I’m planning this episode from my front porch!
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
This is what story circle looks like at Sol Forest School, an all-weather, all-outdoor preschool about 15 minutes east of Albuquerque. Interest in outdoor schools like Sol has spiked since Covid-19 hit the United States last year, according to a 2020 snapshot report from the Natural Start Alliance. I can snort like a pig!”
MindShift
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Minor is now a teacher coach, but during his 10 years teaching in New York City public schools he took students outside almost every day. As evidence of airborne transmission of coronavirus has grown, outdoor learning has garnered attention as a safer way to conduct school. The bird was definitely going to die. Some started to cry.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 21, 2020
“Circle time” conjures an image of children sitting close together, cross-legged, on a brightly colored rug as a teacher guides them through the day’s routines and lessons. The kids might be asked to describe what the weather is like, verbalize how they’re feeling or practice a new letter in the alphabet. That defies social distancing guidelines.
MindShift
FEBRUARY 2, 2017
MRH Middle School has the same budget constraints that many school districts face, but they took their limited budget and directed funds toward outdoor learning. Even in urban school districts, teachers can create multidisciplinary outdoor classrooms. It started with a school garden at Maplewood Richmond Heights Middle School.
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