The Forest is our Classoom!
St. Mary's French Immersion Catholic School
Our Resources
Websites
https://outdoorclassroomday.com
http://www.back2nature.ca/teachers-guide-into-nature-english/
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/childcare/HowLearningHappens.pdf
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/policyfunding/growingSuccessAddendum.pdf
Downloads
http://resources4rethinking.ca/media/B2N_Into-Nature_English.pdf
http://childnature.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/FSC-Guide-1.pdf
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/environment.html
http://www.edugains.ca/resourcesKIN/Home/MinistryofEducation_KeyResourcesList_2017.pdf
Professional Reading
Fascination of Water, Fire, Water, Earth Series (Claire Warden)
Encounters with Materials in Early Childhood Education (Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw)
Learning With Nature (Claire Warden)
Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature (Andy Goldworthy)
Experience of early childhood educators in a nature-based, early learning program: a case study (Andrea Welz)
St. Kateri Outdoor Learning Centre: Self-Guided Hiking Trail Handbook
Outside: A Guide to Discovering Nature (Maria Ana Peixe Dias, Ines Teixeira Do Rosario & Bernardo P. Caravalho)
Reggio-Inspired Mathematics (Janice Novakowski in collaboration with teachers from the Richmond School District)
Forest and Nature School in Canada: A Head, Heart, Hands Approach to Outdoor Learning
Outdoor Playscapes: Breaking New Ground (Lynn Wilson)
Natural Curiosity: A Resource for Teachers (Lorraine Chiarotto)
Beautiful Stuff: Learning with Found Materials (Cathy Weisman Topal & Lella Gandini)
A Day at the Sugar Bush: Making Maple Syrup (Megan Faulkner & Wally Randall)
The Ontario Curriculum (Grades 1-8 & The Kindergarten Program) Environmental Education “Scope and Sequence of Expectations” (2017)
Picture Books
Not a Stick (Antoinette Portis)
Not a Box (Antoinette Portis)
If you Find a Rock (Peggy Christian)
The Most Magnificent Thing (Ashley Spires)
If Rocks Could Sing: A Discovered Alphabet (Lesley McGuirk)
Stick and Stone (Beth Ferry)
More (I. C. Springman)
Everybody needs a Rock (Byrd Baylor)