Pablo’s Tree Grades PreK-3 By Pat Mora Illustrated by Cecily Lang ISBN: 0027674010 Recommended Reading Each year on his birthday, a young Mexican-American boy looks forward to seeing how his grandfather decorated the tree planted the day the boy was adopted. Authored by Pat Mora, this book embraces new traditions and values, as well… Read more »
The Listening Walk Ages 3-6 By Paul Showers Illustrated by Aliki ISBN: 9780064433228 Recommended Reading Try exploring nature with all of your senses! Each season provides unique opportunities for young children to “tune in” to the sounds of our natural environment. Begin using your hearing with The Listening Walk by Paul Showers. In this book, a… Read more »
There are lots of reasons to learn outside. If you are thinking about trying out teaching in the outdoors, check out these tips.
Nature helps children’s development–intellectually, emotionally, socially, spiritually, and physically. Studies show that teaching outdoors produces student gains in social studies, science, language arts and math.