#optoutside Oak Grove on Monday, Dec 2
Research on Outdoor Education shows:
-School performance increases when children learn outdoors
-Learning outdoors is healthy
-Learning outdoors supports child development
-Teaching and learning outdoors is fun
-Learning outdoors helps develop a sense of place and civic attitudes and behaviors
-Outdoor education engages families and the community
Ideas for #OptOutsideOakGrove include:
- Nature Walk
- Scavenger Hunt
- Hand Lens Walk
- Journaling
- Reading
- Measurement
- Mapping
- Observation
- Collecting Data
- Estimation
- Making letters and numbers with natural objects
- Level Up Challenge
- Leaf sorting
- Living / Non-Living
- Shadows/Sundial/Human Clock
- Habitats
- STEM Challenge
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Funds from Rent the Rock were used to create #optoutside buckets for classes to use when learning outside. Buckets are easy to transport and contain the following items:
-classroom set of clipboards -classroom set of seat cushions -classroom set of hand lens -sidewalk chalk -clothespins -classroom set of pencils Please remember there is a dry erase board in Williams Pavilion (BYO markers and erasers) and a clothesline in the outdoor classroom located on The Birdsong Nature Trail. |
EVERY KID OUTDOORS
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The ABC Walk on the Birdsong Nature Trail
**each student can be assigned a letter and then write a poem or story using the words on their sign. |
#optoutside for writing prompts, creating poetry, or vocabulary
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Keva challenges in nature where students design trees, insects, birds and even trails.
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13 Outdoor Classroom Activities for Anywhere, Anytime
Jane Goodall's Roots and Shoots Outdoor Resources
UGA Standard Based lessons for School Gardens
Project Learning Tree Creativity Boosters
The Globe Program
EcologyProject.org
OGE Scavenger Hunts
Students can count gnomes in the garden, then answer the question "What makes a good gnome habitat" through creative writing or drawing.
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Level Up challenges keep all students engaged while allowing different levels of comfort and creativity.
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FALL 2023 #optoutside day
Oak Grove will be celebrating outdoor learning with our first
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