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A Photo Tour: MA Hort’s School Garden Conference
A Photo Tour: Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s School Garden Conference: Beyond Education The Massachusetts Horticulture’s School Garden Conference was held on Thursday, February 23, 2017, at the...
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My Friday Five Garden Journal
My Friday Five Garden Journal 5 Things that made me smile this week! Welcome to My Friday Five! A Garden Journal of things that made me smile this week. Monday, February 20, 2017 1. Watching my rose,...
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Teaching Scientific Concepts Through Children’s Literature
Teaching Scientific Concepts Through Children’s Literature “The way that we’re trained and the way that we’re educated influences the way that we see anything; the way that we approach anything; the...
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Outdoor Forts at Brookwood School
Outdoor Forts at Brookwood School We have OC every Friday afternoon. The topics and activities range from studying migration, exploring our campus woods, pond, and grounds in general to making mud...
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My Friday Five Garden Journal
My Friday Five Garden Journal 5 Things that made me smile this week! Welcome to My Friday Five! A Garden Journal of things that made me smile this week. Monday, February 27, 2017 1. Enjoying the art...
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10 Ways to Connect with Nature in the City
10 Ways to Connect with Nature in the City Do you teach in a city school? Does your outdoor space consist of an asphalt black-top? Do you dream about green space and offering your children a real...
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My Friday Five Garden Journal
My Friday Five Garden Journal 5 Things that made me smile this week. Monday, March 6, 2017 Dreaming of the Outdoors on a cold day. Enjoying all the original art in the house from when the kids were...
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Program Spotlight: REAL School Gardens
Program Spotlight: REAL School Gardens Welcome to Outdoor Classrooms Program Spotlight. From backyards to schoolyards, we want to find the Outdoor Classrooms, Children’s Gardens & Community...
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My Early Morning Walk
My Early Morning Walk J.C. Philips Nature Preserve, Beverly/Wenham, MA March 21, 2017 Do you ever have days when you sit down and get ready to work at your desk but end up feeling rattled and...
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Graduating to a Bigger Indoor Compost Bin
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10 Nature-Based Children’s Books about Trees
10 Nature-Based Children’s Books about Trees Do you want to take you class into the woods, but don’t know where to start? Do you want to teach your class how to identify trees? Do you wonder how to use...
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My Friday Five Garden Journal
My Friday Five Garden Journal 5 Things that made me smile this week Monday, March 20, 2017 Discovering the JAM virtual Engineering course called, “Invent Your Own Machines.” I loved watching my son...
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10 Benefits of Mud Play
10 Benefits of Mud Play & How it connects with Social, Emotional Cognitive and & Physical Development Are you a teacher that dislikes dirty, muddy kids? Do you eliminate Mud Play in your...
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My Friday Five Garden Journal
My Friday Five Garden Journal 5 Things that made me smile this week Oh! My goodness…it has been crazy weather-wise around here in Massachusetts! Snow, pouring rain, and peaks of Sun every now and...
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My Beekeeping Journal: Our Hive Opening
My Beekeeping Journal: Our Hive Opening This journal is simply the documentation of our beekeeping story. We are not expert beekeepers by any means. The intention of this journal is simply to capture a...
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How did Gardening Change Your Life?
How did Gardening Change Your Life? KidsGardening.org is celebrating Kids Gardening Month. They are inviting all to share their gardening story and asking the question, “How did Gardening Change your...
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My Friday Five Garden Journal
My Friday Five Garden Journal 5 things that made me smile this week Monday, April 10, 2017 Love, Love, Love how the More than Mud Pies e-Course is turning out! Coming Soon!! Tuesday, April 11, 2017...
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A Mud Kitchen Challenge: A Mud Meal that Smells
A Mud Kitchen Challenge A Mud Meal that Smells It has been all about Mud Kitchens around here at Outdoor Classrooms. Today we are talking about incorporating Mud Kitchen Challenges into children’s Mud...
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Beekeeping Journal: Checking the Queen
Beekeeping Journal: Checking the Queen It has been 4 days since we opened our hive and added the queen in her separate little cage. The hope is that the worker bees will eat through the “icing” and...
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5 Steps to Planting a Kids Vegetable Garden
5 Steps to Planting a Kids Vegetable Garden Gardens that Feed Do you ever wonder where to begin when starting a Vegetable Garden with Kids? Do you wonder what questions to ask? Plants to grow? Best...
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