Outdoor Classroom

We visited the outdoor classroom this week to explore, play and imagine.  The picnic tables are there for us to sit, read, write and talk about our thinking.  We were able to see that the garden beds are put to bed for the winter and the compost is filled with lots of brown leaves.  We found some mice and loved playing with the logs.

We brought our 4th Grade buddies out to help us reflect on:
I notice..... (things already present in the outdoor classroom)
I wonder..... (things we want for the outdoor classroom)

Many things the students want for the outdoor classroom are exactly what we will be doing in our 2nd Learning Expedition in the spring, The World is our Garden











 




What can you do as a family member to encourage your child's love of the outdoors and nature?
1.  Please send him/her with warm clothes every day!  You may choose to keep an extra hat, gloves and jacket in his/her backpack at all times.  We will be using the outdoor classroom as much as possible each week, cloudy or sunny!
2.  Go through your closets and clean out old clothes to donate to the little red house in our bus loop.  All that money goes directly to the outdoor classroom.
3.  Get outdoors!  Go for walks, bike rides and explore our local parks and river beds.  Colorado has great weather, so bundle up and take your family outdoors.