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5 Ways to Improve Your Outdoor Winter Class!

December 9, 2018 by Elsa Leave a Comment

It is that fun time of the year again in the northern hemisphere known as winter or if not yet winter soon will be coming to a place near you! It’s beginning to be freezing cold with a side of … Read more

Filed Under: Naturalist Resources, Nature Centers, parent resources, Teacher Resources, Teaching Outdoors Tagged With: cold safety, cold weather, dress for the weather, environmental education, hiking with children, home school, outdoor activities, outdoor class, outdoor classroom, outdoor education, outdoor teaching, snow activities, STEM activity, teaching children, teaching with snow, winter activities, winter art activities, winter hiking, winter science, winter STEM, winter weather

Why We Can’t Replace Nature Centers

November 22, 2018 by Elsa Leave a Comment

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Over a year ago I talked with some fellow naturalists* about ways to make environmental education more accessible so that teachers and parents could do more with their own kids. So that whether they had outdoor space available to do … Read more

Filed Under: Naturalist Resources, Nature Centers, Outdoor Benefits, parent resources, Teacher Resources, Teaching Outdoors Tagged With: educational animals, educational materials, environmental education, environmental educators, field trips, home school, naturalists, nature center, outdoor class, outdoor classroom, outdoor education, outdoor space, outdoor teaching, parents, school trip, volunteers

Freeman Tilden’s Principles for Teachers

April 12, 2018 by Elsa Leave a Comment

You may be looking at this article just to find out who this guy Freeman Tilden is and what he has to do with teachers. That is okay in the world outside of environmental education and the U.S. National Parks … Read more

Filed Under: Naturalist Resources, Nature Centers, Teacher Resources, Teaching Outdoors Tagged With: education, elementary education, Enos Mills, environmental education, environmental educators, Freeman Tilden, interdisciplinary, interpretation, learning outdoors, national parks, naturalists, nature center, naturlist, outdoor classroom, outdoor education, outdoor teaching, teachers, teaching children, teaching outdoors

10 Surprising Physical and Mental Health Benefits of Going Outdoors

January 18, 2018 by Elsa Leave a Comment

Recently, there has been a lot of research and news about the health benefits of being out in nature.  So below I have broken down the benefits into the 5 physical health benefits and the 5 mental health benefits of … Read more

Filed Under: Outdoor Benefits, parent resources, Teacher Resources, Uncategorized Tagged With: ADHD, environmental education, exercise, green exercise, health benefits outdoors, hiking, improving concentration, improving focus, mental health, mental health hikes, nature hike benefits, outdoor exercise, outdoor learning, outdoor teaching, physical health, walking outdoors, yoga outdoors

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