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Welcome
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0-1: 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 Math Outdoors? 30 minLecture1.3
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0-4: Ideas to Kick Start Your Math Garden 30 minLecture1.4
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0-5: Supply List for Your Mini Math Outdoors Kit 30 minLecture1.5
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Module 1: Math Gardens that Feed
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1-0: Welcome to Gardens that Feed 30 minLecture2.1
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1-1: Time 30 minLecture2.2
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1-2: Patterns, Shapes, & Symmetry 30 minLecture2.3
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1-3: Numbers 30 minLecture2.4
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1-4 : Measurement 30 minLecture2.5
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1-5: Data Collection 30 minLecture2.6
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1-6: A Growing Math Garden that FeedsLecture2.7
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Module 2: Math Gardens as Outdoor Learning Stations
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2-0: Welcome to Gardens as Outdoor Learning Stations 30 minLecture3.1
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2-1: Time: Sun Dial 30 minLecture3.2
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2-2: Patterns, Shapes, & Symmetry: Music Gardens 30 minLecture3.3
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2-3: Numbers: Miniature Gardens 30 minLecture3.4
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2-4: Measurement: Mud Kitchens 30 minLecture3.5
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2-5: Data Collection: Water Wall 30 minLecture3.6
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2-6: A Growing Garden of Outdoor Learning StationsLecture3.7
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LIVE WORKSHOP #1Lecture3.8
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Module 3: Math Gardens that Attract Wildlife
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3:0: Welcome to Gardens that Attract Wildlife 30 minLecture4.1
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3-1: Time and Food for Wildlife 30 minLecture4.2
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3-2: Patterns, Shapes and Symmetry & Cover for Wildlife 30 minLecture4.3
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3-3: Numbers and Water for Wildlife 30 minLecture4.4
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3-4: Measurement and Places to Raise Young Wildlife 30 minLecture4.5
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3-5: Data Collection and Sustainable Practices for Wildlife 30 minLecture4.6
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Module 4: Math Gardens for Art and Beauty
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4-0: Welcome to Gardens for Art and Beauty 30 minLecture5.1
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4-1: Time & Labyrinths 30 minLecture5.2
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4-2: Patterns, Shapes, and Symmetry & The Flower Garden 30 minLecture5.3
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4-3: Numbers & Art in the Garden 30 minLecture5.4
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4-4: Measurement & Sculpture 30 minLecture5.5
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4-5: Data Collection & Performance Stages 30 minLecture5.6
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LIVE WORKSHOP #2Lecture5.7
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I like the idea of using tire circle shape for clock and it’s wonderful to see how beans roots go in different directions. I would use different kitchen tools for math measurement and buckets or shoe boxes as flower pots.
My kids haven’t been back for months now, but when they return I’d love to bring in some old tires and use them to talk about time with the kids. I also liked the time lapse video and think they will be amazed to watch how plants start as seeds and grow. I’ll think we’ll start by planting something of our own like beans, because they grow rather quickly and watch the video to compare and documet our bean to video.
So much fun!
I have actually done the bean activity in the past. And we had used time as a way to see how long it took for the beans to actually sprout. Each day we would put a bean shaped number on our calendar so that way we can count the number of days for certain kiddos beans to grow. some kids had beans sprout in 20 day’s others 23 days but we were able to count them out each day and the kids loved it. It also creates some competition between the children lol.(healthy of course). This one experience was a math/science concept wrapped into one. Every time the children went outside they would start to look at different flowers and see if they changed from the day before or got bigger the next day. Fun fun
Terrific. Keep up the great work!
I enjoyed the bean video idea. Mostly, because it kept time by using music. It was inspirational.
Being closed at this time I can’t do activities such as these with the children. But, I think starting beans on a wet cloth and watching them sprout would be a good visual learning activity and allow for rich vocabulary. Also, starting a bean seed in a clear cup at the same time as in a paper towel could lend itself to talk about what we think is happening under the soil. We could even later plant the sprouted bean seed and measure the growth of each.
Great ideas.
when you did the bean time lapse did you leave a recorder in front the whole time or take pictures day to day and put them together? Also was the bean just placed in the soil or did you put it in wet paper towel first? I would love to do this activity with my son.
I did not do this video; however, I would take pictures over time and put it into a video. Add music and whola…beauty!
I loved the idea of using tires as repurposed clocks. My town’s recycling station is the source of many items I have repurposed over the past few years. I’d never thought of using tires before. I love the hula hoop idea. I have many of those in my garage.
I’ve seen the wonder of time lapse photography when I visited Zion National Park last September (what seems like a life time ago). I did a time lapse of the sunrise coming up over the mountains. Glorious and very mindful.
I’ve started my bean project. I have lots of different kinds of beans so I’m trying one of each.
Oh my goodness…Zion was my favorite National Park! Can’t wait to see what you do with the tires.
One of the activities that I like to do with the kiddos and introduces a concept of time is planting seeds (usually lima beans work well for this) in a baggie with a wet paper towel. We then hang them in the window and the children get to observe them overtime. Revisiting everyday to note changes and creating conversations such ” remember on Monday when we first planted and now today on Friday we have our first sprout, lets count how many days it took for it to start sprouting”. This activity allows the children to watch in a some what of a time lapse way. I would love to show them this video, it would really help them connect.
Love this!
I really enjoyed the time lapse video and found it just fascinating to watch. I think that my preschoolers would be interested in the video as well. If we planted or sprouted our own seeds this video could give them a foundation/shared experience to connect with as we watch our own seeds.
I feel that with young children I connect time in very concrete ways such as saying, “When all the snow is gone then it will be your birthday”, or “You will go to kindergarten after we have water play (we only do in the summer months).” The garden will give us another way to measure time that the children can connect with and add to their knowledge of time. They will see the length of time it takes from planting a seed until we can eat a bean from the garden, or they will notice that nothing grows when there is snow on the ground.
Terrific. This could be an activity that you do with the kids now. Others are sharing this time-lapse with their children as an example. Have fun!
My thoughts on how to incorporate this into my classroom when I get the chance are as follows:
Reading some of these books with the children: The Vegetables We Eat by Gail Gibbons, Lettuce Grows on the Ground by Mari Schuh, Henry Helps Plant a Garden by Beth Bracken, I Can Grow a Flower by DK Publishing, and Counting in the Garden by Emily Hruby.
Watching these and talking about what they see: First up is cucumbers growing:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrxuLnTWMws
Then it is Sesame Street and Mrs. Obama planting a garden: https://youtu.be/tiXU_SDirRQ.
Then I am thinking we would plant some seeds inside a clear container so they can watch it as it grows and talk about what they see or don’t see and why it is or isn’t growing and what we should do about that.
Awesome ideas!!!
Thank you for sharing these resources with us
Your are most welcome!
I love the idea of using the repurposed clocks. We already use a lot of loose parts in our play so that would fit perfectly especially for when we play “What Time is is Mr. Fox?” We also did the bean in a bag experience via Zoom but the time lapse would have made it that much more powerful! I love connecting literacy in anyway I can so it made me so happy to see your book recommendation. I had never seen this one before but I will be looking into adding it to my collection and sharing with the children when we return.
Awesome job. Keep up the great work.
We “plant” bean seeds with cotton balls in clear plastic sandwich bags for the purpose of observing the germination project. Not every project was successful. Some turned moldy, and others flourished. The next time I do this, I would like to show the time lapse video at the beginning and then again in three weeks. Great to look inside nature. one child had quite a potted indoor garden and got beans in her windowsill.
Every experience creates a story. Awesome job!
As I stated before our school is currently closed due to the pandemic. But I am keeping a journal of all these ideas and can’t wait to get started when we re-open. In answering your question “What does time emcompass?”, some ways I think of discussing time with the children is talking about what time of year do we see gardens, what time of day is best for plants to grow. And using the clock in the garden can show them what time we check the garden during the day…is it morning, afternoon. We can document what the plants look like at the different times of day.
Great reflections. Love that you have a journal to keep all your ideas and thoughts. These offerings are just ‘seeds of inspiration” and there are so many more ideas to be added.
I loved the time lapse video and actually shared it on my class FB page! We did a craft/science activity a few weeks back, when we made a little sprout house and planted beans on wet paper towels. I have been updating my kiddos with pictured of my beans!
I am making a note of the book too! For next year.
Wonderful….sprinkling all the information with your class virtually is wonderful. Keep up the great work.
I loved the time-lapse video, and I think the children would enjoy seeing it progress of the plant growing! We did a zoom activity with the children, where we planted the bean seed in the bag and one in the soil and checked in weekly on the growth. We used a chart to track the growth. I think if we had a time lapse video it would have helped the children have a better understanding of what was happening under the soil. I loved the idea of adding an old clock in the garden/outdoors, and using the tire to represent time. I will be implementing these two ideas when our center re-opens.
Yea!! Ideas are starting to flow! Keep up the great work.
I loved the time lapse video of the bean and will definitely share that with the children asap. We are going to start growing projects soon. I have a root view growing container and an aero-garden kit. We also will be trying different micro-green growing projects. The repurposed clocks in the garden are a great addition for learning and I am going to try the spare tire clock, too. Definitely going to order the Our School Garden book. I never thought of incorporating “time” concepts into garden projects.
Fabulous!!! I can feel the “seeds of inspiration” growing! Keep up the great work and make sure you are keeping a journal of all these ideas!
I love the idea of teaching time through the idea of a garden, in terms of seasons and daylight. Children truly don’t have any concept of time and as adults we really need to step back and realize that. If you show a child a clock, all they see is a bunch of numbers. They might understand that certain times happen throughout the day, like school time, mealtime and bedtime but telling them that school starts at 9:00am is not a concept they should be expected to understand. By teaching time through a garden it teaches them that if we plant a seed, how many days does it take to see a sprout etc. Also incorporating seasons as a lapse of time helps them gain some concept of how things might grow. I can speak from experience that my students know what “time” it is based on wither they have had snack time yet. 😉
I love the idea of taking this outside and using the hoola hop and painted rocks with numbers to create a big clock. Teaching them time perhaps in chunks for example showing them the numbers of hours that are in the morning or the number of hours in a school day. Just to set in the foundation of time.
Wonderful reflections! I could not agree with you more. Fascinating to play with the concept of time outdoors and how it changes with the development of children as well. Wonderful to have you here in this space! Looking forward to learning more and hearing your candid reflections.
I am loving the time in the outdoors! We used a hoopla hoop and sticks to make a clock. Im working on finding a tire though as love that idea too! We are planning on planting kale in our winter box in the greenhouse!
YEA!!! hoola hoops are wonderful clocks! I am living vicariously through you with your greenhouse! What a wonderful lesson in seasonal time during the winter months…and all the things you can grow.
I absolutely loved the time-lapse video and so did my students! This week, my students and I have been discussing the growth and sequence of the pumpkin life cycle. With the time lapse, I was able to show them how a seed grows into a plant, beyond just images of the isolated stages. My students were then given pictures of the stages of the life cycle and worked together to put them in order. We also discussed with the story, “Pumpkin Time,” the time it takes for a pumpkin to grow. We also discussed the seed’s start in the spring, the vine and flower growth in the summer, and the growth and ripening of the pumpkin by early fall!
What perfect timing! I am so glad that you shared the time-lapse video with your children. How exciting. Sounds like it was a great lesson.:)
My kids love the clock. We made one out of paver bricks and l9gs. We also watch time lapse videos of seeds when we plant them and check out tha plants and the videos several times during the growing season.
Love that you have a hand-made clock in our Outdoor Classroom! Time-lapse videos are so much fun. Curiosity Questions: What are different ways to play with clocks? Would you consider adding whimsical clocks to your outdoor space? I wonder how the children would react. Can we invite children to take apart clocks outdoors? Have you seen the book called Our School Garden by Rick Swann? What Time activities are inspired by this book?
No I have not seen Rick Swans book. Next year we move to a new site hoping to ad more clocks as we create this playground.
Terrific! I did not realize you’re moving to a new site next year? How exciting? What is the outdoor space like? How exciting to be planning for this. I’m dreaming about Clock Gardens now. Whimsical clocks everywhere…kids taking clocks apart in gardens….and the sounds of tick, tock, tick, tock. 🙂 Thrilled you are here.