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Wild Learning
by Rachel Tidd
Wild Learning
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Introduction
Chapter 1: Planning and Preparation
Chapter 2: Lessons in the Schoolyard
Chapter 3: Visiting the Neighborhood
Chapter 4: Exploring Farther Afield
Chapter 5: Inviting Nature Indoors
Acknowledgments
About the Website
Index
End User License Agreement
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Title Page
Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Introduction
Benefits of Teaching Outdoors
Zones of Accessibility
Notes
Chapter 1: Planning and Preparation
A Place to Gather
Safety Considerations
Getting Parents on Board with Outdoor Learning
Planning Classroom Outdoor Time and Classroom Management
Dressing for the Weather: Gear for Kids and Adults
Creating a Positive Outdoor Experience for Students and Teachers
Materials for Outdoor Learning
Final Thoughts
Note
Chapter 2: Lessons in the Schoolyard
The Wonders of Chalk
Learning Games for the Schoolyard
Using Natural Materials
Utilizing the Schoolyard
Final Thoughts
Chapter 3: Visiting the Neighborhood
Walking Adventures
Example riddles
Final Thoughts
Chapter 4: Exploring Farther Afield
The Plants and Animals Around Us
Developing a Sit Spot Practice
Final Thoughts
Chapter 5: Inviting Nature Indoors
A Nature‐inspired Class Meeting
Cultivating Nature Appreciation and Curiosity Throughout the Year
Final Thoughts
Acknowledgments
About the Website
Index
End User License Agreement
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Figure 0.1 Students working on a writing project outdoors
Figure 0.2 Students exploring the area near their school
Figure 0.3 Students working in the schoolyard
Figure 0.4 Zones of accessibility for outdoor learning surrounding a typical...
Figure 0.5 Students writing at a picnic table
Figure 0.6 Tree stumps set up on school grounds for an outdoor classroom in ...
Figure 0.7 This prekindergarten class at P.S. 185 – The Locke School of Arts...
Figure 0.8 A class working on a project on the sidewalk
Figure 0.9 Students headed to explore a nature preserve
Figure 0.10 Students from P.S. 146 – The Brooklyn New School, visit the Broo...
Figure 0.11 Students painting scenes from a story outdoors
Figure 0.12 Leaves make great surfaces for writing
Chapter 1
Figure 1.1 Students using the steps of a church for writing in the neighborh...
Figure 1.2 Lesson under an awning at P.S. 185 in Harlem, New York
Figure 1.3 Working outdoors on picnic tables
Figure 1.4 Group work while sitting on log stump seats
Figure 1.5 Students drawing trees in the neighborhood
Figure 1.6 Students listen to a read‐aloud in the schoolyard at P.S. 185 in ...
Figure 1.7 Rain pants and insulated boots are useful in many types of weathe...
Figure 1.8 Students dressed for winter weather
Figure 1.9 Layering infographic
Figure 1.10 Clipboards make an excellent surface for writing and drawing
Figure 1.11 Students drawing observations of a bridge in their notebooks
Chapter 2
Figure 2.1 Students using chalk in the schoolyard
Figure 2.2 Chalk ten frame filled with flowers
Figure 2.3 Chalk ten frame filled with place value sticks to practice counti...
Figure 2.4 Using chalk to create an open number line
Figure 2.5 Using a stick for a number line
Figure 2.6 Example of a number ladder and the clues provided to the student...
Figure 2.7 Number ladder clues
Figure 2.8 Lattice method for multiplication
Figure 2.9 Area method of multiplication
Figure 2.10 Example of a word square featuring the AI vowel team
Figure 2.11 A student working on a word square
Figure 2.12 Example of a word square featuring prefixes
Figure 2.13 Example of a word ladder and clues provided to the student
Figure 2.14 Image of word ladder clues
Figure 2.15 Students working on word graffiti in the schoolyard
Figure 2.16 Murals and graffiti can inspire students' writing
Figure 2.17 Illustrating story elements and the beginning, middle, and end w...
Figure 2.18 Drawing circles for a variation of the bean bag toss game
Figure 2.19 Example of scoot game setup
Figure 2.20 Example of word tic‐tac‐toe game
Figure 2.21 Playing hopscotch to review the digraph SH
Figure 2.22 A student's crazy hopscotch board
Figure 2.23 Playing the change a letter game
Figure 2.24 An older student hiding words on the playground for a younger cl...
Figure 2.25 Writing sentences using the homophones know and no
Figure 2.26 Children counting and grouping horse chestnuts
Figure 2.27 Words written on leaves for creating silly sentences
Figure 2.28 Practicing high‐frequency words with letter rocks
Figure 2.29 Labeling or “marking up” words to show their vowel sounds and ot...
Figure 2.30 Using number rocks to practice order of operation problem – stic...
Figure 2.31 Using number rocks to create a clock and practice telling time...
Figure 2.32 Using leaves to sort addition fact families
Figure 2.33 Using place value sticks to add
Figure 2.34 Using place value to practice regrouping in multidigit addition ...
Figure 2.35 A student practices subitizing using natural materials to re‐cre...
Figure 2.36 Using number rocks and sticks to model number bonds
Figure 2.37 Modeling arrays using rocks
Figure 2.38 Example of using mud pies to model fractions
Figure 2.39 Using mud pies to model finding equivalent fractions
Figure 2.40 Cake pan showing the fraction 3/4
Figure 2.41 Cake pan with a stick laid across to make eighths – the fraction...
Figure 2.42 Cake pan with two sticks laid across to make twelfths – the frac...
Figure 2.43 Acting out a story wearing a mask made from natural materials...
Figure 2.44 Dividing syllables in words written on leaves
Figure 2.45 Cutting words written on leaves to create contractions
Chapter 3
Figure 3.1 Bridge walk: Students exploring their neighborhood in Brooklyn, N...
Figure 3.2 Look at all the rectangles and squares on buildings and the trian...
Figure 3.3 This utility hole is a great example of a circle. It is also surr...
Figure 3.4 Measuring the angles between rocks on a retaining wall
Figure 3.5 These parking signs have numbers written in words and numerals...
Figure 3.6 This grate is an excellent example of an array
Figure 3.7 This building has a giant array of circles on the front
Figure 3.8 Students looking at the many examples of arrays on the structure ...
Figure 3.9 Using a trundle wheel to measure distances
Figure 3.10 A student working on a leaf book
Figure 3.11 Examples of student leaf books
Figure 3.12 Students from The Brooklyn New School observing and drawing tree...
Figure 3.13 Example of a drawing for the tree accordion book
Figure 3.14 Example cover of an accordion book featuring a Sugar Maple tree...
Figure 3.15 Working together to measure a giant tree located in a neighborho...
Figure 3.16 A student works on their nature journal
Figure 3.17 Students using the street as inspiration for writing stories
Figure 3.18 What will you find behind door number 100?
Figure 3.19 Example of pamphlet focusing on Ithaca, New York
Figure 3.21 Recording details from a gravestone
Figure 3.20 Student work sample: An Ode to Painted Utility Boxes
Chapter 4
Figure 4.1 Students from The Brooklyn New School visit the Brooklyn Bridge f...
Figure 4.2 The petals of a daffodil form a hexagon
Figure 4.3 Examples of triangles observed on a tulip
Figure 4.4 The petals of a wild strawberry flower form a pentagon
Figure 4.5 Using a giant 100 chart to collect 100 nature items
Figure 4.6 Collecting 100 rocks using a 100 chart
Figure 4.7 Collecting and counting black walnuts for the collect 100 activit...
Figure 4.8 Students observing groups of daffodils for multiplication practic...
Figure 4.9 Example of writing multiplication fact families using daffodils...
Figure 4.10 Using the points on leaves to practice skip counting by threes...
Figure 4.11 An example calendar of bloom
Figure 4.12 A sledding experiment using a giant snowball as the load
Figure 4.13 A snow cat
Figure 4.14 Building a giant snow person
Figure 4.15 Building and decorating a snow cake is a fun alternative to snow...
Figure 4.16 Warm drinks can help keep you warm in cold weather
Figure 4.17 Natural items collected by students and placed on the letter sou...
Figure 4.18 Observing animal tracks found in a creek bed
Figure 4.19 Students love to build miniature houses and write about who live...
Figure 4.20 A cozy fairy house
Figure 4.21 Example of a simple dichotomous key
Figure 4.22 Example of a dichotomous key made by a student
Figure 4.23 Conducting an insect inventory
Figure 4.24 Observing birds
Figure 4.25 Observing waterbirds
Figure 4.26 Raccoon tracks left in the mud
Figure 4.27 Students heading out to their sit spots
Figure 4.28 A student map of their sit spot
Figure 4.29 Writing sit spot news headlines
Figure 4.30 Student work example: Sit Spot Times
Figure 4.31 Sit spots are also a great activity in the winter
Chapter 5
Figure 5.1 Children participating in a flannel board activity during an outd...
Figure 5.2 Nature items placed by students around a wooden box after sharing...
Figure 5.3 A student's calendar of firsts
Figure 5.4 A classroom display of nature books
Figure 5.5 An example page from a class nature journal
Figure 5.6 Self‐portrait created using natural materials
Figure 5.7 Example of a nature collection
Figure 5.8 Have students use index cards to label nature items in the classr...
Figure 5.9 An invitation for students to use flowers to make patterns
Figure 5.10 Materials from an outdoor activity are set out on trays for furt...
Figure 5.11 Montessori‐style independent activity bins incorporating natural...
Figure 5.12 Natural materials available for student use in the science area ...
Figure 5.13 Examples of phenology wheels
Guide
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Table of Contents
Begin Reading
Acknowledgments
About the Website
Index
Wiley End User License Agreement
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