Wild Learning: Practical Ideas to Bring Teaching Outdoors

by Rachel Tidd

Wild Learning answers a call in the educational community for practical, easy-to-implement activities that bring core curriculum out of the classroom and into the outdoors. Outdoor learning has risen in popularity in recent years, and it has tremendous benefits. Being outside is healthier, helps children form a strong connection to the natural world, supports a variety of learning styles, increases engagement and motivation, and improves mental health. This book gives teachers practical activities that they can immediately implement, and helps educators overcome common barriers to outdoor instruction. These activities can be done in common outdoor spaces that are accessible to teachers in all school settings, and they are adaptable to their current curriculum—not an extra thing to try to fit into their day.

Get ideas for fun outdoor activities that cover core subject matter already being taught Take learning outside, taking advantage of commonly accessible areas, no matter the educational setting Help students develop a healthy appreciation of the outdoors and support hands-on learning styles Support students' physical and mental health without sacrificing learning time This book is a much-needed resource for elementary and special education teachers, as well as those in alternative schools, forest schools, and homeschooling parents.

Genres: Nonfiction, Parenting, Education

234 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 11, 2023

Reviews

[Anna K Baskaran · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of low lift, practical ideas for learning outdoors - even in nature-poor environments. Excited and hopeful to try many of these ideas next school year 🍃🪺🪵✏️

[JournalsTLY]

Very useful book - written with lots of background research done but presented in a very handy and easy to use manner.

We all know that it is very important to bring our children and students outdoors - not just to have the lesson for that day but also to mould long term skills in observing, being aware and being curious.

This book gives systematic approaches as well as usable one-off ideas to learn outdoors - the school yard, a walk through a park or sitting on the steps of a church or a picnic bench. We don't have to travel miles and miles for outdoor learning.

The learning should ( and very likely so) be interactive and fun. The suggestions of doing math and fractions are novel and attractive.

On e-book, there is a useful appendix that will link the reader/user to ideas and hacks.

Thank you for this handbook!