Updated on December 24, 2020 at 8:36 pm
Associated Press
Cindy Soule s fourth-graders in Maine s largest city have studied pollination in a community garden. They solved an erosion problem that was damaging trees. They learned about bear scat.
Then came a fresh layer of snow and temperatures that hovered around freezing but her students were unfazed.
Bundled up and masked, they scooted outside with their belongings in buckets. They collected their pencils and clipboards, plopped the buckets upside down in the snow, took a seat and went to work.
The lesson? Snow, of course, and how snowflakes are formed. We checked in with three Vermont schools that set up outdoor classrooms amid the coronavirus pandemic to see how it was going. The reviews were positive, at least a little ways into sweater season.
Updated on December 24, 2020 at 11:36 pm
Associated Press
Cindy Soule s fourth-graders in Maine s largest city have studied pollination in a community garden. They solved an erosion problem that was damaging trees. They learned about bear scat.
Then came a fresh layer of snow and temperatures that hovered around freezing but her students were unfazed.
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Bundled up and masked, they scooted outside with their belongings in buckets. They collected their pencils and clipboards, plopped the buckets upside down in the snow, took a seat and went to work.
Updated on December 24, 2020 at 11:36 pm
Associated Press
Cindy Soule s fourth-graders in Maine s largest city have studied pollination in a community garden. They solved an erosion problem that was damaging trees. They learned about bear scat.
Then came a fresh layer of snow and temperatures that hovered around freezing but her students were unfazed.
Bundled up and masked, they scooted outside with their belongings in buckets. They collected their pencils and clipboards, plopped the buckets upside down in the snow, took a seat and went to work.
The lesson? Snow, of course, and how snowflakes are formed. We checked in with three Vermont schools that set up outdoor classrooms amid the coronavirus pandemic to see how it was going. The reviews were positive, at least a little ways into sweater season.
Mon, 12/14/2020 - 9:00am
Senator Chloe Maxmin, back row, second from left, visits the students and staff at Juniper Hill School. Courtesy photo
Juniper Hill School was excited to welcome newly-elected State Senator Chloe Maxmin earlier this month to visit and tour the outdoor early childhood and elementary school. Juniper Hill School and the Maine Association of the Education of Young Children (MaineAEYC) came together to invite Senator Maxmin and share about the history and community-centered work of the school, as well as how the focus on outdoor education connects with current initiatives across the state.
Juniper Hill School for Place-Based Education in Alna connects children to themselves, to each other, and to their communities through studying both the natural and human environments.