17 Dec The power of children learning outside [NAESP]

One of the schools that I visited for my Deeper Learning in Elementary and Middle Schools (DLEMS) book project was Down to Earth Forest School in West Linn, Oregon. Down to Earth Forest School is a phenomenal outdoor learning experience for the children that it serves. The students and teachers meet every day in the local city park – rain, snow, or shine! – and are deeply immersed in nature as they learn together.

Liz Garden, my co-Fellow for the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) Center for Innovative Learning (CIL), and I had a chance to interview Heidi McKay, the Director of Down to Earth Forest School. That NAESP podcast episode is now available.

Happy listening!

Previous NAESP CIL podcast episodes

• The power of children learning outside (Heidi McKay, Down to Earth Forest School)
• Play-based, place-based learning (Traci Mathena, Creative City Public Charter School)
• Innovating project-based learning (Beth Foster, Anderson Mill Elementary)
• Transformative school culture (Eric Chagala, VIDA)
• What makes a great principal? (Linda-Darling Hammond, Learning Policy Institute)
• Fighting for equity (Mark Gooden, Teachers College)

One of the schools that I visited for my Deeper Learning in Elementary and Middle Schools (DLEMS) book project was Down to Earth Forest School in West Linn, Oregon. Down to Earth Forest School is a phenomenal outdoor learning experience for the children that it serves. The students and teachers meet every day in theLearning and Teaching, News and Events, Podcasts, deeper learning, DLEMS, early childhood, elementary, learning, podcastRead More