Deborah J Stewart

Skip to content Swap Out Your Teacher Basket for a Picnic Basket If you read my two last posts where I shared 10 wonderful ways to take the learning outside, then you might be inspired to drop everything and get outside OR you might be thinking, “ “Deborah, we have so many things we need to accomplish indoors, that we just don’t have time to get outside. ” Well my friend, let me encourage you to swap out your teacher basket for a picnic basket! To set up a picnic basket lesson, start by taking at least one thing you would normally do indoors and instead of putting all the supplies you need into your teacher’s basket or on a table, put at least one activity in a picnic basket instead

Skip to content Five More Wonderful Ways to Take Learning Outside In my last post, I shared with you the first five ways to take learning outside but there is even more you can do. Let’s dive into number six through ten

Skip to content Five Wonderful Ways to Take Learning Outside! This quote by Cathy James of NurtureStore beautifully sums up how to take the learning outside… Anything you can teach in an indoor classroom can be taught outdoors, often in ways that are more enjoyable for children. Anything we can do to make learning more enjoyable for the children is good so let’s take a closer look at 5 wonderful ways we can take the learning outside

Skip to content The toys or tools you set outside impacts the way kids will play! Over the winter, our little toy shed was blown completely over two different times. The first time it happened, we sat it back up and left the inside a big mess