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…
Outdoor Learning
Set Them Up for Success!
Set students up for success by teaching them and their parents how to dress for the weather.
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…
Surviving Winter
Post submitted by Erin Guenther, Sow & Grow Preschool The students in the Sprouts class at Sow & Grow Christian…
Winter: ‘Tis the Season to Go Outside!
(Originally published January 2017) The mission of the LREC Teacher Partnership Program is to equip teachers to become effective outdoor…
Nouns, Forts, Choices and the Curriculum Crunch
Andrews Academy teacher, Deb Collesano (fourth grade) recently submitted a report of an outdoor learning activity as part of her…
Butterfly Monitoring
This post was written by LREC Volunteer Educator Donna Bourisaw. Pam Walsh looks for butterflies with visiting students at LREC…
Selecting Plants for Connecting Children with Their Environment
As presented at the 14th Annual National Children & Youth Garden Symposium, July 2006, by David Bruns, Conservation Education Consultant,…
New Volunteer Educator Training
Litzsinger Road Ecology Center will soon be training new Volunteer Educators to work with students who visit the site. Training…
Fairy Invasion at Sacred Heart Villa
When it comes to fairy homes and gardens, students at Sacred Heart Villa are becoming experts!
Student Map-making and Missouri Learning Standards (Foxfire Core Practice 3)
Can Missouri Learning Standards be practiced, measured and achieved in an outdoor setting with students involved in the planning and…