The Humane Education Coalition’s podcast, Connected Roots, is an acclaimed venue for humane news, insights, education tips, resources, and more. Connected Roots features inspiring interviews and stories from experts in the field of humane education.
It was a pleasure to speak with Victoria Hackett, MEd, the founder of Outdoor-Classrooms.com, a virtual classroom for natural teachers who want to reconnect children with nature. Outdoor Classrooms offers online Master Classes, on-site training, retreats, and more. Their mission is to inspire teachers and parents to create one-of-a-kind outdoor classrooms and nature-based curriculum on a shoe-string budget. Victoria joins us on Connected Roots to share helpful tips for developing outdoor learning spaces, ways to build relationships with teachers and schools, and much more. LISTEN HERE.
ABOUT VICTORIA:
My mission is for every child in every school to have access to an Outdoor Classroom. Therefore, I inspire educators to teach outdoors and lead an on-line virtual community of Natural Teachers all over the world to create their own Outdoor Classroom story.
So in all my years of helping educators start outdoor classrooms… One of the BIGGEST insecurities that almost every educator has is the feeling like they can’t transition their classroom outdoors and teach outdoors with the same quality and depth …
This summer we launched THE CIRCLE: Our Outdoor Classrooms Membership Community! With monthly Outdoor Classrooms Tour & Talks, LIVE Teaching & Learning Round Table discussions, access to our 1-hour Nature-Based Workshop Library, and LIVE Q&A/ Lesson Exchanges, one never knows …
My 7 Favorite Gardening Tools for Children Gardening is a wonderful opportunity to get your children involved in outdoor work that is fun, productive, and educational with a splash of whimsy. One of the most beautiful sights is that of …