Re-Inventing Outdoor Play and Learning – Part 2
By Diane Spahn and Kasey Kile Many indoor materials get a “new life” by bringing them outdoors for a few hours or a few days. Moving materials from indoors to out, even temporarily, helps children recognize possibilities for grouping materials in new ways, increases...
Re-Inventing Outdoor Play and Learning – Part 1
By Diane Spahn and Kasey Kile With warm weather here, children and adults are wanting to get back outdoors. Even with limitations currently in place, active play and learning is still vital! Most programs are in the process of assessing the tools and equipment that...
Color Mixing: A Summer Provocation
Teaching Journal Notes By Kodo’s Guest Author Elinor Rifkin Throughout the summer, water play has a big role in the Outdoor Studio. One of the ways I’ve found to defeat the heat and help children stay happy while outdoors is to use water in many, many ways. Over the...
