Stevenson
School will be participating in an Outdoor Education Challenge! Each classroom
will be learning outdoors for different periods of time from May 30 – June 29,
rain or shine! Students will be designing and constructing shelters to take a
break from the sun, wind and/or rain.
Students will even be eating lunch outdoors.
We are asking for your support to make this an enjoyable
experience. Students should dress for the weather and will need some supplies
to ensure their comfort and safety each day.
- Hat
- Sunscreen
- Rubber boots and a rain coat or poncho
- Umbrella (optional)
- Sweater or jacket for cool mornings
- Water bottle
- Backpack
- Sunglasses
- A change of clothes
*All items
should be labeled with your child’s name and room number please. **In the case
of severe weather we will return indoors.
Our plan is
to engage students in a variety of literacy, numeracy, science, social studies,
art, and play activities that stimulate their interest in and their
appreciation of the outdoors.
While outdoors in nature, a child is more
likely to “encounter opportunities for decision making that stimulate problem
solving and creative thinking because outdoor spaces are often more varied and
less structured than indoor spaces,” and “induce curiosity and the use of
imagination” (Burdette & Whitaker, 2005, p. 48).
Another way
you can support our outdoor learning adventures is to volunteer with your
child’s classroom. Please let your child(ren)’s teacher(s) know if you are
available to join them.
We are
looking for some donations of items that would help in our learning outdoors.
If you have any of the following items or you think of something else creative
we could use, please send these items to school: (please see other side of paper)
- Scoops, shovels, cups, wooden spoons
- Pots, pans, muffin tins, pails
- Sidewalk chalk
- Pieces of wood, logs, pegboard, pressboard, cardboard
- Small toys and loose parts (cars, dolls, shells…)
- Tires
Also, we are
looking to borrow the following items:
- Wagons
- Wheelbarrows
- Adult sized shovels
- Binoculars
We are excited to share this adventure with our students and
look forward to the learning opportunities we will have together. If you have any questions, please
contact your child’s teacher at school.
Yours in
learning,
Stevenson
Staff
“We must teach
them to love the earth, before we can ask them to save it.” ~Unknown
