I love to be outside, and I try to get my kids outside as much as possible. Below are some of my favourite outdoor education winter activities to do with kids. I teach kindergarten, so I try to make the activities educational, but any new hands-on experience is great for kids! My students love playing...
Once the cold weather arrives, most people tend to spend less time outside. Children are always curious about where animals go in the winter when the snow comes. This activity helps answer their questions. We discussed animals that hibernate, but also how they hibernate or survive the winter. To do this activity, we headed outside!...
I am always looking for fun ways to get my students active and out of the classroom. I love being able to go on adventures with them. This letter game requires very little prep and it allows my kindergarten students to move throughout our school for a full 40 minute period. It is perfect for...
When we did an experiment using the inside of a pumpkin and placing it in different petri dishes and then in different locations, the kids were really curious about our outcome. (See experiment here). I decided to extend our learning even more by putting our pumpkin from our exploding pumpkin experiment, inside of a plastic...
We had another beautiful day for outdoor education! I always try to switch up the centres that I use and I try to have at least 5 options for kids to choose from. These are just some of the outdoor classroom ideas that I used today. Since I provide prep coverage for 4 different classes...
We had another great day outside today! I am trying as many different things as I can in our outdoor classroom. I love doing centres in this area because students can freely move from centre to centre and explore. Today I tried to make some of the centres Halloween themed. Before students start at the...