Apr 27, 2011 | Literacy Outdoors
This week the debate will run higher than ever about the Royal Family. Kate and William are getting married and in honour of this special occasion, schools, even in Scotland, have been granted a holiday. My grandparents, either on, or shortly after, their wedding...
Apr 20, 2011 | Literacy Outdoors
These are the ideas and suggestions covered in the Outdoor Literacy workshop at the LTS “Orientate Yourself to Outdoor Learning” event at Glenmore Lodge on 25th March 2011. The theme of the workshop was circles which links nicely to work on cycles in...
Feb 11, 2011 | Literacy Outdoors
A couple of weeks ago I was given an interesting challenge. A teacher who has a class of P7 (Grade 6) children with additional support needs asked me to demonstrate the teaching of full stops outdoors. Firstly we began indoors, sharing our ideas about full stops and...
Nov 17, 2010 | Literacy Outdoors
As an education consultant, one of my favourite things to do was poetry outdoors with educators as well as children. here are three poem structures that work well outside with both! A Number Poem This works well for group work and with very young children. Ask...
Sep 26, 2010 | Literacy Outdoors
Like many other teachers, I love and appreciate children’s books. Whenever I walk into a bookshop, the children’s section is a “must visit” . Children will happily explore books outside. You can have a special den or tepee for reading, or just...
