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Welcome 5
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0-1: A Welcome Note from Victoria 30 minLecture1.1
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0-2: Good Things to Know 30 minLecture1.2
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0-3: Why Literacy Outdoors? 30 minLecture1.3
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0-4: Ideas to Kick Start Your Literacy Garden 30 minLecture1.4
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0-5: Supply List for Reading, Writing, Listening, and Talking Outdoors 30 minLecture1.5
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Module 1: Gardens that Feed 5
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1-1: Welcome to The Gardens that Feed 30 minLecture2.1
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1-2: Gather Seeds of Inspiration 30 minLecture2.2
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1-3: Plant Literacy Ideas 30 minLecture2.3
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1-4: Grow Literacy Activities 30 minLecture2.4
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1-5: Harvest Curriculum-on-the-Go Kits 30 minLecture2.5
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Module 2: Gardens as Outdoor Learning Stations that Inspire Themes 5
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2-1: Welcome to Gardens as Outdoor Learning Stations that Inspire Themes 30 minLecture3.1
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2-2: Gather Seeds of Inspiration 30 minLecture3.2
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2-3: Plant Literacy Ideas 30 minLecture3.3
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2-4: Grow Literacy Activities 30 minLecture3.4
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2-5: Harvest Literacy Curriculum Kits 30 minLecture3.5
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Module 3: Gardens that Attract Wildlife 5
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3-1: Welcome The Gardens that Attract Wildlife 30 minLecture4.1
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3-2: Gather Seeds of Inspiration 30 minLecture4.2
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3-3: Plant Literacy Ideas 30 minLecture4.3
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3-4: Grow Literacy Activities 30 minLecture4.4
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3-5: Harvest Literacy Curriculum Kits 30 minLecture4.5
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Module 4: Gardens for Beauty and Art 5
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4-1: Welcome to The Gardens for Beauty and Art 30 minLecture5.1
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4-2: Gather Seeds of Inspiration 30 minLecture5.2
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4-3: Plant Ideas 30 minLecture5.3
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4-4: Grow Activities 30 minLecture5.4
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4-5: Harvest Curriculum Kits 30 minLecture5.5
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I’ve used the Y sticks for making musical instruments with-never thought of them as bodies and legs but now it will be part of my teaching. I do normally have an open house where I have the children and parents go from one area of the room to another to make something we will be using or to write with. Now I can have them go outside and collect some Y sticks.
I was able to order this book from Barnes and Noble–it’s a trilogy. Should arrive next Monday. Will send a picture when I get the kit assembled.
Over the moon excited that you are expanding your parent visit activities to the outdoors!!! I love the stick people and how you are adding the books as accents to all your activities. You will have quite a nature-based library when you are done. Super job!
I loved this idea.l will do a class plan activity about it.I will do tthis class plan with vegetables and fruits and then we will pretend to be one or other and then we will do a great conversation about it. And then we will talk about the important that the vegetables and fruits are.
My teachers are working on curriculum kits. I look forward to seeing how they incorporate these.
This will be a great idea to add to the classrooms. I have never made stick people before
Please look at email for picture of curriculum kit!
Thanks
Are playground has a lot of available natural materials outside that we could hunt for to get are kits together for various art projects throughout the seasons. Thinking of different projects like the stick people will be fun to organize and see come to life.
The curriculum could consist of creating artwork from nature. For example, they could use leaves for painting or make faces. They could also use sticks to make picture frames or people.
One of the teachers created a scarecrow doll out of materials and the kids took turns with it on the slide carrying it up the hill and digging in the sandbox.
I can’t wait to see what creatures the children create using nature! A person, a cat.. a dog..?! It’s a nice way to see into their minds and what they are visualizing when you give them materials and see what they create.
Like in the last lesson, I don’t currently have access to this, but ill make sure to post it on the Facebook group when I get a chance to take a photo of it.
In our outdoor play area we have a good number of stumps that the children use for chairs, building, and other fun games. I am thinking that we could use them as another way to practice letters to expose them to some early literacy. The idea I have would be to hold up an uppercase letter and then the children could try and mimic the letter with the logs to make the letter.
I love the creative idea of using outdoor materials to create the characters. I think that is something we could utilize more of; bringing in outdoor materials to use fr any project or to contribute to our outdoor classroom.
would work great in our rock garden using a rock to start the stick figure
My grandchildren and I walk in the woods to find walking sticks and decorate them for gifts
This is great! I love how inexpensive and easy these crafts are!
Look forward to teaching this lesson in our outdoor space.
We could also try to model animals and pets for the kids.
I am a support educator who floats from classroom to classroom to help with the kids. The educators I work with each have backpacks in their classroom with supplies for the children to use in outdoor learning. I may bring a few things with me to contribute to their supplies and discuss what supplies they already have so I know what I am working with when it is time for outdoor play.
I think that my kids would really like the idea of making stick figures. They all love playing with sticks on our playground as it is, so the idea of transforming them into figures would be great.
The stick people idea is awesome my young kids will love this. Having the children gather materials will make it even more fun !!
Our kids love putting sticks in their mouths; we definitely have a lot of sticks! We could definitely put our sticks to better use!
We are discussing body parts with the toddlers so it would be nice to see what they were capable of doing with sticks.
i like the idea of stick people
Super fun! I remember my son naming a favorite walking path off a trail near our home “The Y trail” because he found a Y shaped twig on it. Children love making these connections and do so naturally when free to explore.
Fun! 🙂 Love when they see the world a bit differently than we do.
We do a lot with sticks in September, we collect them to make pictures, letters, we sort them, etc. We also do clothing in the fall. We make people usually using Popsicle sticks, clothespins, different fabric scraps, foam, googly eyes and other random bits and pieces we find. Next year we’ll add sticks the children have collected. Normally we invite the parents to join us for this activity, I’m thinking it would be fun to send the parents outside with their children to collect materials to use instead of just us proving everything ready to go.
Fabulous! I love the idea of sending the children outdoors with their parents to collect sticks. Could you do the entire activity outdoors? Some food for thought. 🙂
At the moment, we have quite a lot of snow cover, making it difficult to find a lot of natural materials. On the other hand, this last storm took down many many trees and parts of trees. I will be checking around school to see what can be scavenged. Haven’t seen the school grounds as yet, as the storm knocked out the power and school was closed Thursday and Friday!! That has never happened before in all the years I’ve been working here! I’ll keep you posted on the progress we make in collecting parts, putting together an On-the-Go kit, and then building our stick people. The study that my class is currently focused on is CLOTHING, and we have a large collection of fabric scraps on hand, a wide variety of textures and colors, so you can be sure that our characters will be fabulously dressed!
Great idea to scavenge for sticks and branches after the storm! I usually recommend teachers do this before winter–but this winter is VERY different. I know teachers that are taking advantage of all the trees down and opportunities to add stumps to their outdoor landscape. I can’t wait to hear (see) your stick characters and learn how you bring all this together in your Curriculum-on-the-go Kit. Very exciting.
Love the stick people. Going to bring supplies in we gather together out in the woods and have class make their own.
Can’t wait to see the pictures. I love this activity as the stick characters can be any size…even life-size.