Into the Woods with a Second Grade Class
Second grade teacher Ellen Kendall was gracious enough to share her and her students experience opening up an area of…
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Calling All Teachers: Sustainable Schoolyards and Beyond!
Second grade students at Oak Hill School investigate the woodland trail on their school grounds. Have your students ever wanted…
Effective Outdoor Learning: It Takes a Team!
What’s the best kept secret on “The Hill”? If you think I’m going to say Italian food then think again.…
Welcome Wendi Martin!
We are happy to welcome Wendi Martin to the LREC team this spring! Wendi is our first full-time spring horticulture…
Glasshouse Quiz: Tree Flowers
Red buckeye (Aesculus pavia) and ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius).Image by LREC staff. Most people think of flowers as a harbinger of spring…
Springtime in the Classroom
This gardening metaphor is perfect for designing great learning spaces.
Rohan Woods Students Have Friendly Bird Watching Competition
Did you know that the Great Backyard Bird Count was February 17–20, 2017?
Jan Buley To Facilitate PBL Workshop!
Jan Buley (keynote speaker at this year’s Litzsinger Teacher Conference) will be facilitating LREC’s Place-based Learning workshop this summer!
Volunteer Enrichment Correction
The Owl Volunteer Enrichment will be on THURSDAY, March 16 (not Tuesday as written in the newsletter).
Is Your School Behaving Itself?
In Frederik Backman’s charming novella, “And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer,” a grandfather asks his grandson…