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CoursesClassesLet’s Grow Literacy Outdoors Master Class
  • Welcome
    5
    • Lecture1.1
      0-1: A Welcome Note from Victoria 30 min
    • Lecture1.2
      0-2: Good Things to Know 30 min
    • Lecture1.3
      0-3: Why Literacy Outdoors? 30 min
    • Lecture1.4
      0-4: Ideas to Kick Start Your Literacy Garden 30 min
    • Lecture1.5
      0-5: Supply List for Reading, Writing, Listening, and Talking Outdoors 30 min
  • Module 1: Gardens that Feed
    5
    • Lecture2.1
      1-1: Welcome to The Gardens that Feed 30 min
    • Lecture2.2
      1-2: Gather Seeds of Inspiration 30 min
    • Lecture2.3
      1-3: Plant Literacy Ideas 30 min
    • Lecture2.4
      1-4: Grow Literacy Activities 30 min
    • Lecture2.5
      1-5: Harvest Curriculum-on-the-Go Kits 30 min
  • Module 2: Gardens as Outdoor Learning Stations that Inspire Themes
    6
    • Lecture3.1
      2-1: Welcome to Gardens as Outdoor Learning Stations that Inspire Themes 30 min
    • Lecture3.2
      2-2: Gather Seeds of Inspiration 30 min
    • Lecture3.3
      2-3: Plant Literacy Ideas 30 min
    • Lecture3.4
      2-4: Grow Literacy Activities 30 min
    • Lecture3.5
      2-5: Harvest Literacy Curriculum Kits 30 min
    • Lecture3.6
      LIVE Workshop #1
  • Module 3: Gardens that Attract Wildlife
    5
    • Lecture4.1
      3-1: Welcome The Gardens that Attract Wildlife 30 min
    • Lecture4.2
      3-2: Gather Seeds of Inspiration 30 min
    • Lecture4.3
      3-3: Plant Literacy Ideas 30 min
    • Lecture4.4
      3-4: Grow Literacy Activities 30 min
    • Lecture4.5
      3-5: Harvest Literacy Curriculum Kits 30 min
  • Module 4: Gardens for Beauty and Art
    6
    • Lecture5.1
      4-1: Welcome to The Gardens for Beauty and Art 30 min
    • Lecture5.2
      4-2: Gather Seeds of Inspiration 30 min
    • Lecture5.3
      4-3: Plant Ideas 30 min
    • Lecture5.4
      4-4: Grow Activities 30 min
    • Lecture5.5
      4-5: Harvest Curriculum Kits 30 min
    • Lecture5.6
      LIVE Workshop #2
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      43 Comments

    1. Yu Kwan Mok
      June 26, 2020
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      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!

    2. Cheryl Porte
      June 25, 2020
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      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.

      • Victoria Hackett
        June 26, 2020
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        YEA!!! Just the simplest changes can make such a huge difference.

    3. Gina Ferreira
      June 24, 2020
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      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!

      • Victoria Hackett
        June 26, 2020
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        Terrific!!!

    4. Donna Rose
      June 23, 2020
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      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.

      • Victoria Hackett
        June 23, 2020
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        I’m seeing all your comments.

    5. stella ortiz
      June 12, 2020
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      doin art outdoors is great idea

    6. ANA FERNANDEZ
      June 2, 2020
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      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.

    7. ANA FERNANDEZ
      June 2, 2020
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      I would say that chalk is not used as much as it can be used indoors as well as outdoors.

    8. Junita Walsh
      June 1, 2020
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      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.

    9. Pamela Guzman
      June 1, 2020
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      this sounds great! I would say adding chalk, magnifying classes or binoculars for children.

    10. Mary Guzman
      June 1, 2020
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      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.

      • Victoria Hackett
        June 11, 2020
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        Yea!!

    11. Mercedes Sanchez
      November 16, 2019
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      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.

    12. Andrew Beauparlant
      November 11, 2019
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      Good ideas. Can’t wait to read more.

    13. Lisa Deschenes
      November 11, 2019
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      Great ideas, Victoria. Thank you!

      • Victoria Hackett
        November 13, 2019
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        Good to know! Thanks!

    14. Delma Laurente
      November 11, 2019
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      I love all your Ideas!

      • Victoria Hackett
        November 13, 2019
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        Thank you for your kind words! Glad they are inspiring you.

    15. Olivia Bean
      November 11, 2019
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      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.

    16. Lisette Lara
      November 11, 2019
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      Creating a space with a tarp with art supplies or books. Garden books magnifying glass and Ispy game.

    17. Ann Ranger
      November 11, 2019
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      Little Free Libraries are popping up in my town too.

    18. Brendan O'Donnell
      November 11, 2019
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      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.

    19. Christina Morneau
      November 11, 2019
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      Such great ideas

    20. Erin Hudson
      November 11, 2019
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      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.

    21. Kimberly Sheehan
      November 11, 2019
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      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.

    22. kathleen regan
      November 11, 2019
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      Great ideas!

    23. Alicia Robitaille
      November 11, 2019
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      Wonder boxes and different texture mats would be interesting for younger toddlers.

    24. Doreen Hathaway
      November 11, 2019
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      looking forward to making curriculum on the go kits and getting the kids outside this winter

    25. Heather LeMay
      November 11, 2019
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      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.

    26. Emily Walsh
      November 11, 2019
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      Curriculum-on-the-go is a great way to engage children outside!!

    27. Aimee Provencher
      November 11, 2019
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      I would love to start doing nature journals with the school aged children.

    28. Pamela Caldwell
      November 11, 2019
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      Love the idea about the wonder boxes Have seen many free Library boxes in Beverly

    29. Kyle Silva
      November 11, 2019
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      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.

    30. KATHLEEN CARROLL
      November 11, 2019
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      I love gardening and have done so for years with my own children and now my daycare children

    31. Patricia Nash
      October 28, 2019
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      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?

      • Victoria Hackett
        November 13, 2019
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        Glad you are enjoying the course.

    32. lyn
      March 18, 2018
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      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.

      • Victoria Hackett
        March 18, 2018
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        I love this!!

      • irena kola
        November 11, 2019
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        When we were young we will draw with small piece of bricks or use sticks in the mud!

    33. calamityjayne85
      March 5, 2018
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      I am Loving this course.

      • Victoria Hackett
        March 5, 2018
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        I think it is my favorite thus far! Thrilled you are enjoying it!

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