This book is ideal for teachers and home educators who want to incorporate outdoor education at all levels of the school curriculum.
Given that the average European child now spends 90% of their life inside, outdoor classrooms are becoming ever more vital in our schools. Outdoor Classrooms will show you how to:
- set up vegetable gardens
- teach children about growing food
- bring food security into the curriculum
- introduce the concepts of human and planetary health
- explore the subject of sustainability within a practical framework.
Beautifully illustrated throughout, Outdoor Classrooms – A Handbook for School Gardens is presented as two streams of thought:
Carolyn Nuttall takes us through the history of school gardens and articulates the need for a revival, before leading our journey into the fanciful; a schoolyard to fire a child’s imagination and delight in the natural world.
Janet Millington then offers a comprehensive and practical plan for developing a school garden. “A successful, supported school garden has the potential to benefit an entire community”, says Janet. Janet links the learning to the curriculum, providing samples of unit plans and describing a programming method based on lists of skills and knowledge to take the whole curriculum into the outdoors. She also addresses vital issues such as how to look after the garden during school holidays.
Book details
Published: June 2013
ISBN: 978 1 85623 113 8
Size: 210 x 275mm
168 pages
Format: Paperback
Out of print
