lesson plans

Following are some examples of some activities you can do outdoors with children, ideas to get you started. 

Bamboo Garden Border

Bees in the Garden

Bees in the Park

Bone Awl

Books in the Garden

Climbing in the Garden

Cob House

Color

Construction Table

Dark Corners and Nooks

Dirt Box

Dirt Pile

Dramatic Play

Dyeing with Natural Materials

Erosion

Field Guides, Binoculars, and Magnifyers

Garden Party for Homeless Shelter Families

Guest Speaker Opportunities

Hunting for Creatures

Insects

Keeping Creatures- Anise Swallowtails

Labyrinth

Litter Hunt

Math in the Great Outdoors

Native Plants

Nature Journaling

Nature Prints

Nature's Patterns

Ohlone Basketry

Ohlone Cordage (String/Rope)

Ohlone Hoop and Pole Game

Ohlone Tule Boat

Ohlone Tule House

Open Ended Art Table in the Garden

Organic Teaching: Anatomy in the Wild

Paste

Pitfall Trap

Potting and Pots in the Garden

Rain Barrel

Recycling

Rocks and Sticks

Saws in the Garden

Seed Balls

Seed Packets

Shadow Drawing

Sidewalk Gardening

Spools of String

The Story of My Husband and the Skunk

Transplanting

Treehouse

Water in the Garden

Waterfall