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Let’s Go Out and Play
Area(s) of Focus: kindergartenDivision(s): PrimaryLevel(s): Kindergarten, Grade 1Resource(s) Available:To engage our kindergarten students in regular outdoor learning opportunities through monthly trips to our Board’s Outdoor Education Centre and to implement the new kindergarten curriculum through the lens of the natural environment.
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“Take Me Outside”: An Early Years, Urban/Rural Environmental Inquiry
The goal of our project incorporated outdoor learning as part of our weekly timetables. The outdoors became natural extensions of our classrooms both in the urban and rural settings. Educators fostered deep connections to the natural world.
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Enhancing Kindergarten Students’ Inquiries Through the Use of Technology in the Natural Environment
Area(s) of Focus: kindergarten, technologyDivision(s): PrimaryLevel(s): KindergartenResource(s) Available:The goal of our project is to enhance kindergarten students’ inquiries through the use of technology in a natural environment. We created an outdoor learning environment for our students and used iPads to capture and share new learning.
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Learning Stories to Support Literacy Development and Goal-Setting in Kindergarten French Immersion
Using photos of student work and learning as a means to introduce and increase the students’ French vocabulary and writing in authentic and meaningful ways.
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The Outdoor Classroom
Transforming a concrete courtyard into an outdoor classroom with a variety of learning areas to address all four frames of the curriculum.
