People often think that taking your kids hiking is a choice. You either go hiking, or you don’t. But that isn’t true. There are barriers to exploring new places and these barriers can make families feel like hiking is not something that their family “can do”. Significant barriers include not knowing enough about hiking, thinking […]
Cover photo by Chelsea Gray I am absolutely thrilled to join the TMO team! I started my career in outdoor education during my first summer job (scooping ice-cream), growing up in the rolling hills and rural roads of Ontario. While on break, I would go for walks with friends and family at the resort. Being […]
“It became part of our daily routine. Every single day we got outside for meaningful leaning opportunities. It became more than what we did. It was who we were. My kids craved it and loved it. It changed all of us” – Primary teacher, Alberta Another school year is finishing up, and we are once […]
On Saturday June 4th, a group of educators got together for “A Day in the Woods”, and it was fantastic to spend time in-person again, connecting outdoors, sharing, and learning. The event was hosted in beautiful Revelstoke, BC, in partnership with the Outdoor Learning Store and CBEEN, and supported by the Columbia Basin Trust. Even […]
Congratulations to all of our winning artists! Thank you to everyone who submitted postcard designs highlighting the many beautiful and inspiring outdoor landscapes found across the country. Over the years, we’ve seen some great art shared through email and social media from students showcasing the outdoors: whether it’s drawings showing the beauty of nature, […]
[sc name=”perfectly-noisy-video”][/sc] Join author, teacher, and mother Lisa Carmody Doiron, as she reads from her new book called Perfectly Noisy. Bear is a fellow who is overwhelmed by his noisy life. He finds the lights, clocks, voices, and sounds at school TOO MUCH! Bear tries different ways to calm himself down, but he always ends […]
“I never thought about where my food came from beyond the grocery store before,” my classmate said to me during our introductory Environmental Studies course in university. Yes, that’s right, university. When I went on to facilitate garden and food-based experiential education programs, I wasn’t surprised to find a common disconnection between kids and […]
By Elizabeth Boileau How important are the stories we tell about outdoor learning? Story books have a unique power to shape children’s outlook, motivate and inspire them. Children need to see themselves represented in stories of all types to know they have a world of possibilities before them. Last year, at an environmental education conference, […]
My name is Dayna Landry and I am a Grade 4 teacher from Drayton Valley who is passionate about purposeful learning and getting outside. I have been at Wild Rose School Division for 17 years, and Aurora Elementary School for 8. As the Wellness Champion at my school, I wanted to do more to get […]
“Food is health. Health is happiness. Happiness is strong community.” “We’ve gone so far away from nature, but nature is medicine”. These are powerful words Buchi Onakufe (owner of Akachi Farms) expressed to me when I recently visited her organic farm. Her farm is a self-sustained agricultural business. They grow organic crops for the community […]