Effective Outdoor Learning at Home: A Springtime Sampling
Litzsinger teacher partners, always ingenious and innovative, have been blazing new trails this spring as they guide their students in…
Education
Kim and her Kids Are Creating a Sustainable Schoolyard!
This process has given my students a chance to make the schoolyard a more inviting place for people and animals.…
Partnering for Effective Outdoor Learning at Pershing Elementary
Students explore plant and animal interactions in their schoolyard.
Set Them Up for Success!
Set students up for success by teaching them and their parents how to dress for the weather.
A Fuzzy But Promising Project
Brief reflections share observations on stewardship, generosity, and dignity as cornerstones of our work together.
Graduate Study Begins @ LREC
Our first cohort of graduate students began three years of work with us this summer, working toward a graduate degree…
YES Teens Become Environmental Educators
Partnering with the Saint Louis Science Center, LREC hosted a group of teens as they spent the summer becoming familiar…
Learning Ecology One Screen at a Time
Two summer camp programs helped kids investigate Deer Creek first hand and then use computer tools from MIT to build…
Growing Minds and Plants: A Litzsinger Internship Experience
This post is by Mary Woodward, who served as a Horticulture and Education Intern at Litzsinger Road Ecology Center, August…
A Crawfish Tale
Center: Marge Lodes Early last fall, LREC was approached by Margie Lodes, a high school junior at St. Joseph’s Academy,…
Place-based Learning – Beyond the Schoolyard
“Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate.” – Jack Sparrow Examples of Local Treasures: Bill Clay, Sr. Saint Anselm…
Surviving Winter
Post submitted by Erin Guenther, Sow & Grow Preschool The students in the Sprouts class at Sow & Grow Christian…