The Outdoor Classroom
Discover the benefits of implementing an outdoor classroom program for early childhood education and child care centers. Learn about specific considerations and valuable resources to successfully establish an engaging and enriching learning environment.Trainings incorporating this outcome
120 hours courses
12 CEUs
Related Outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to create a natural outdoor classroom that supports child development in all areas.
- Describe an outdoor classroom in action.
- Identify materials and activities to promote learning in the outdoor classroom.
- Identify specific considerations and resources for implementing an outdoor classroom program.
- Recognize the benefits of an outdoor classroom.
- Describe the benefits of an outdoor classroom.
- List recycled materials that can be used in the classroom.
- Give examples of positive guidance in the early childhood classroom.
- Identify strategies to facilitate learning in the early childhood classroom using various methods.
- Define what transition times are and when they occur during the day in the classroom
- Demonstrate methods to address gender stereotypes and sexism in the classroom related to children’s math abilities
- Demonstrate an understanding that transition times are teaching opportunities and can be useful in classroom management
- List examples ways to incorporate inclusion and equity in the classroom
- Identify how cooking projects can be teaching tools in the classroom.
- Define classroom community.
- Distinguish appropriate outdoor safety concerns.
- Identify procedures that will promote a safe environment (indoor and outdoor)
- Teachers will demonstrate a variety of ways for families to be represented in their classrooms when they are not physically present.
- Identify how cooking projects can be teaching tools in the classroom
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