Great article in the Washington Post on all that can be accomplished, learning outdoors.
Students measure worms in math classes and plant peanuts when learning about Virginia history. Reading time happens in an outdoor courtyard where the walls are painted like library shelves. Cinnamon basil plants are growing hydroponically in the science lab from seeds that astronauts flew into space. The children are growing seedlings to sell on Earth Day, an early lesson in entrepreneurship.
With so many schools in and next to parks in Worcester, wouldn't it be great if we did more of this?
It would be great if they increased the time spent outside, increased the time doing hands on learning, increased the ability of the teachers to do cross-curriculum learning projects.
ReplyDeleteIt would be great if they increased the time outdoors, increased hand-on and experience-based learning opportunities, and increased the teacher's ability to do cross-curriculum teaching.
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