Monday 22 September 2014

The Outdoor Classroom Project

The Outdoor Classroom Project is a website where you can learn more about outdoor classroom, on the website a text book is also available for purchase if you wanted to learn more. 


This is the textbook you can purchase and learn more about how to create and design an outdoor classroom


On the website you can learn about....
  • Characteristics of the Outdoor Classroom
  • Benefits of the Outdoor Classroom

  1. Physical
  2. Cognitive
  3.  Psychological
  4.  Understanding
Link to The Outdoor Classroom Project 

Carrots are Orange Blog

Here is a blog where the blogger shares early childhood activities that can be done outdoor, on the blog you will find ideas on nature activities you can do with your children and students in an  outdoor classroom. 

On this blog you will find...


  • Activities to do in an outdoor classroom
  • Learning for different developmental areas 
  • Outdoor Education
  • Activities for different age groups
  • Book list 
  • Related posts 




To get inspired please visit 

TD Friends of the Environment Foundation

TD is a company that helps and strives to improve the environment, the link below will lead you to TD's website where you can....

  • Donate 
  • Apply for funding 
  • Volunteer in environmental projects 
  • Work with other professionals and children                       
  • Local community projects 
  • Taking children into the environment 


For more info please visit...

Something Good in the World

Here is a blog I found regrading Earth School and Outdoor Classroom the name of the blog is "Something Good in The World"

The link at the bottom will take you to the blog, once you start exploring the blog you will find many different post regrading early childhood education, environmental awareness and many more. 




Here is a link to an outdoor classroom blog post by Something Good in the World
https://somethinggoodintheworld.wordpress.com/category/education/outdoor-classroom/

To learn more please visit Something Good in The World by Barbra Sabin 
http://somethinggoodintheworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/
https://somethinggoodintheworld.wordpress.com/category/sustainable/environmental-awareness/

Please vist Something good in the world's Facebook page to learn more...
https://www.facebook.com/somethinggoodintheworld



A Guide to Creating an Outdoor Classroom

The link below directly takes you to a guide on how to successfully create your own Outdoor Classroom...

  • What is an outdoor classroom?
  • Getting started
  • Benefits of outdoor learning 
  • Organization Charts 
  • Tips for funding