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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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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!