Woohoohoohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Summer camp is here!!! I have some amazing new families whose kids have eased right into the general state of things, and I feel so grateful.
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This month, Jilliann Rodriguez M’Barki, an Outside School parent, wrote a wonderful article for Ten Strands. In “Preparing Future Generations to Protect Our Planet,” she shares her life journey, and I feel so fortunate to be part of it!
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It’s been a busy time, with some late school year enrollments. The hills are just now turning brown, having been green for months despite the severe drought.
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It’s gorgeous out there, up in the hills. This year’s interesting precipitation patterns and temperatures have excited the flora and fauna- blossoms and birds abound!
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Recently, some students of mine were complaining about a school’s motto they’d heard, “Grow into great.” They were completely incensed at the news that they were not born great.
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An article showed up on my facebook feed recently, that builds upon the emotional resiliency video I shared a couple months back, highlights the burden on women’s roles in caregiving, and served as an exclamation mark upon a recent drop-off period we had at Outside School. That morning, one child unexpectedly didn’t come to school. Everyone missed them, and it made drop-off hard.
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Welcome, and Happy (or insert your current emotions and curse words here) New Year! I’m excited to have been given the official county go-ahead that Outside School can require vaccinations.
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This school year, my group of kids typically wants to be very close to me. In spite of our being able to be quite far away, but within visual and/or auditory range, they prefer to be as close as possible. This has been the case with other developmental educators, too.
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I got all riled up the other day while reading a link from Peter Gray. His article took me right back to when I first started Outside School, as an afterschool program at local elementary schools.
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A parent sent along this wonderful article, "Mud-Luscious and Puddle-Wonderful," by Lucy Jones for Writers Rebel. In it, Ms. Jones raises many important points about humans needing more time in nature.
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We are so lucky to be able to have Alvarado Park/Wildcat Canyon as our classroom! We're right at an urban/wildland interface and never know what will happen. We had this huge moment last week when some deer in rut came close!
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I hope you have been able to enjoy your summer.
Outside School Summer Camp 2021 has come to a close, and we had a blast!
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Summer camp has started and we have such an amazing group!
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It's the last week of the school year, and what a year it's been, hasn't it?!
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Funny, but life seems so much easier when the sun is shining and we don't have to put on so many layers in the morning...
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The best way my teaching has been described is “organic.”
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It's been amazing to see the hills turn green! This is a Very Steep Hill... The fastest route to the Mushroom Forest.
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I feel so fortunate that we can call this place our classroom!
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And we're off!!! We're already having a fun time back to school after a restful break. It's amazing how well this group gels; it's truly my favorite year teaching!!!
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Brighter days are ahead!
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