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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 6
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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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LIVE Workshop #1Lecture3.6
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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 6
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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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LIVE Workshop #2Lecture5.6
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43 Comments
Using different senses for learning about the nature is an awesome learning to improve language skills. Use of 5 noticeable things to describe your perception!
I think that having the on–the–go kit is an excellent idea as you will always be prepared for a spur of the moment outdoor trip. Previously when my group went to our school garden, we took a small backpack with some small garden tools.magnifying glasses gloves, a twelve-inch rule, cups water bottles, large sticks of chalk, and bubbles.
As a result of doing this course, I would add some other things to assist me in intentional outdoor literacy. The added items will be crayons, markers, clipboards, paper, a storybook, and some flashcards.
YEA!!! Just the simplest changes can make such a huge difference.
I’m a note taker and list maker so I really love this list!! I will be using so many of these ideas with my in my childcare!
Terrific!!!
So I did these sections the first week and I was one of the first that week and I don’t understand where my comments are. I’m going through my notes right now to do them again.
having fun with art supplies outside especially now.
getting creative with the natural loose parts and non organic things also.
I’m seeing all your comments.
doin art outdoors is great idea
I feel that chalk not used enough indoors as well as outdoors. Some children don’t like to use chalk because its messy or that get bored easily.
I would say that chalk is not used as much as it can be used indoors as well as outdoors.
Kids love making a mess especially when the mess turns creatively pretty! Coloring rocks or even stones to decorate the garden would be an awesome activity.
this sounds great! I would say adding chalk, magnifying classes or binoculars for children.
I think the little free libraries are a great idea to incorporate. It would also be nice to put little quotes on them or a general question based on the book that inspires thinking. Thank you for the list. its helpful to have something like this when starting out.
Yea!!
We choosed rocks and woods pieces for covering the place where we would plant our carrots.We got land and then we put the seeds inside of little containers.The children got their own rocks and woods from our back yard.
Good ideas. Can’t wait to read more.
Great ideas, Victoria. Thank you!
Good to know! Thanks!
I love all your Ideas!
Thank you for your kind words! Glad they are inspiring you.
For the Writing part of the list I would add painting outside. The children can paint rocks, sticks, leaves etc. By having the students do this it makes it an art activity they can do outside instead of just in the classroom.
Creating a space with a tarp with art supplies or books. Garden books magnifying glass and Ispy game.
Little Free Libraries are popping up in my town too.
I find chalk is a highly underutilized item for both indoor and outdoor classroom uses. It can leave a mark on almost any surface. I had been working on an activity to collect pieces of tree bark to use as “whiteboards” to expose students to how writing/drawing on different surfaces look and feels.
Such great ideas
For my literature garden we could need a great deal of different materials. Obviously paper materials and writing items. I also think it would depend on the season. I’m a summer girl, so I’d have a sand pit and sticks to use for the children for practice writing, emergent or not. In the winter sticks could also be used to create letter and letter like creations. Also, I think paint in spray bottles would be a fun idea for the children. Lastly, a weather resistant free library would be fun, in all types of weather.
Our outdoor space has a lot of great areas for us to make wonder boxes and little free libraries for the children to use and get excited about.We love the idea of the free libraries and having the children design and make the library and wonder boxes. It will help them appreciate and respect the boxes more if its their own creation.
Great ideas!
Wonder boxes and different texture mats would be interesting for younger toddlers.
looking forward to making curriculum on the go kits and getting the kids outside this winter
I love the idea of curriculum on the go kits to try to engage the kids while outside in order to give them a little bit more of structure outside. It would be nice to see them be able to appreciate all that nature has to offer them.
Curriculum-on-the-go is a great way to engage children outside!!
I would love to start doing nature journals with the school aged children.
Love the idea about the wonder boxes Have seen many free Library boxes in Beverly
Here at our program in Beverly we have utilized chalk boards outside. The chalk is more textured than the markers, and the kids seem to like the messiness of the process.
I love gardening and have done so for years with my own children and now my daycare children
So much new information! I am also enjoying this course. How do I print out these pages so I can put them in a notebook for future rereading?
Glad you are enjoying the course.
I put up chairs around the farm, thinking of the elderly that come in. In shaded spots or near pretty displays. People like them. So even something simple as a place that invites a slower pace and maybe some reflection can be one of the ways to encourage awareness of the environment.
I love this!!
When we were young we will draw with small piece of bricks or use sticks in the mud!
I am Loving this course.
I think it is my favorite thus far! Thrilled you are enjoying it!