Forest schools: Lessons in outdoor education

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3 жыл бұрын

Forest schools, in which students are instructed outside rather than in classrooms, have become a learning experience for many - and have added benefits in a time of pandemic. Correspondent Conor Knighton visits an immersive forest school in Oregon, where being outdoors all day - even in inclement weather - becomes part of the learning process.
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@wickedvideowatcher 3 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile in Finland, this is normal everyday learning.

@nenelady7049 3 жыл бұрын

As a kindergarten teacher in a public school today, I think this is awesome. Kids need to move more and be outside.

@LTNye 3 жыл бұрын

This looks absolutely phenomenal! I'm all for this becoming part of a normal curriculum.

@kimmickal 3 жыл бұрын

I am waiting for outdoor community colleges and universities (public and private) for ALL ages WORLDWIDE!

@RealBradMiller 3 жыл бұрын

I'm ready!

@RealBradMiller 3 жыл бұрын

I really, really want this to be the norm!

@joemanly9519 3 жыл бұрын

I can't imagine how wonderfully this will effect these young students

@dottieam49 3 жыл бұрын

Love what Portland, Maine schools are doing. We love our outdoors in Maine!

@knittingdoula 3 жыл бұрын

Love this and love Portland, Maine!

@dylbinawesomeperson 3 жыл бұрын

@H. Nguyen you should look up Sudbury schools

@dylbinawesomeperson 3 жыл бұрын

@H. Nguyen no it is a kind of school. It did start in Sudbury mass but is all over the world now. And I went to one but not the one in sudbury

@randomexploring541 3 жыл бұрын

@@knittingdoula This is in Oregon, NOT Maine!

@randomexploring541 3 жыл бұрын

@dottieam49 This is in Oregon, NOT Maine! 🤦🏼‍♀️😂

@jeaniephillips4682 2 жыл бұрын

My daughter teaches at one of these schools in WA State and she shares that this type of teaching is awesome. Kids love it! Fresh air and sunshine all day.

@verican68 3 жыл бұрын

This is great. Wish this was a part of all schools

@shawnmoriarty8223 2 жыл бұрын

I am a Camp Director for a Nature Based day camp in MA. There are amazing rewards to having staff and children in the outdoors almost all day. And Tony is a creative force in this work! I have had the pleasure of watching Trackers grow over the last several years.

@claymore4915 3 жыл бұрын

I’m all for this!✌🏼💙🏜

@NewYork7914 3 жыл бұрын

All learning should be started from nature...

@honesty5964 3 жыл бұрын

I am an educator, and I luv it!

@tiredraylabelike6576 Жыл бұрын

Which one are you 🤔?

@davidahrens2313 3 жыл бұрын

Hooray! I’m so happy to see that you included Sharon Danks from Green Schoolyards America in this piece. Their work to transform asphalt schoolyards into ecologically rich “parks” is so important.

@snugglepusmcgee1252 3 жыл бұрын

"Look deep in to Nature and you will Understand everything better". Albert Einstein

@terryfriend16 3 жыл бұрын

I love this quote, thank you!

@karenreynolds7109 3 жыл бұрын

According to Google search, there are 100 forest schools in the US. That's a surprise!

@terryfriend16 3 жыл бұрын

I love this! This is such exciting news! I'm sooo happy for the children, there's wonder in all of the outdoors.

@pragneshpatel8725 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for spreading environment awareness!!!!! ❤️🙏

@gratefulalways2742 Жыл бұрын

Really, it's a wonderful modern method of outdoor learning & teaching kids, it helps them bring what they learnt as theories into real life.

@pleinaire8698 3 жыл бұрын

My kids would have loved this type of 'school'.. they were very active and needed lots of outdoor time which we were able to give them outside of school!!

@TheeColleeFlower Жыл бұрын

This looks incredible! I live in Oregon, and would love to see this more!

@user-vm5ud4xw6n 3 жыл бұрын

A lot gets done through the efforts of grassroots! Excellent idea. I used to hate being cooped up inside classrooms! Hope more schools are open to the idea!

@meadpro 3 жыл бұрын

it's sad that this is considered different instead of the norm

@chrisfinch8637 3 жыл бұрын

Sure takes me back to when I was with my class in the forest, but those were only Field Trips, from time to time.

@on2wheels378 3 жыл бұрын

I want to sign up... I grew up in Long Beach Ca and your Sixth grade year and freshman year of High School, you attend a Fall week in Camp Hi Hill. Our school district used to own the property and now its Religious Camp Site. Learned everything about the outdoors there... Good times... Now kids won't stray far from Wifi..

@camerachica73 3 жыл бұрын

Forest schools are very popular in the UK. Even some top boarding schools have a forest school that students have classes in some of the time. It works really well with young children to keep them active and not stuck in a classroom.

@norathefish3338 3 жыл бұрын

Love & support this "new" methodology for children and adults alike! May it become part of the new American curriculum 🇺🇸❣.

@forestcampclub Жыл бұрын

love to see more forest schools in the world

@bethgoldman2560 3 жыл бұрын

My nephews went to a public alternative forest school outside of Burlington, VT. It’s been an option for kids for over a decade.

@beachbag8 3 жыл бұрын

I believe that this environment makes children more receptive to learning.

@CharlotteMEllett Жыл бұрын

It's been demonstrated in studies that kids who do outdoor learning have better immunity. What's usually not considered in that is how toxic many public buildings are.

@littleweirdprincess 3 жыл бұрын

Although it's not quite Outdoor Schools, I'm pretty biased towards Montessori learning. Being outside and learning hands on has a great, positive effect on kids. Why did we forget this when we become adults is beyond me.

@michellestone1261 3 жыл бұрын

Best kind of learning

@ireneclai578 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!!!

@PoisonelleMisty4311 7 ай бұрын

Outdoor classrooms can foster a sense of community and collaboration. They provide opportunities for group projects, teamwork, and social interaction in a natural and relaxed setting.

@plankface 3 жыл бұрын

Love this. ❤️

@mollypapazian4423 3 жыл бұрын

Lots of outdoor options out there. Tinkergarten is in so many 🇺🇲.

@crawnyxx 3 жыл бұрын

If education is not integrated with reality then it is pointless because majority of what children are taught indoor will never and cannot be used outdoor!

@MCeili 3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of my home/outside school

@AyakoTachi 3 жыл бұрын

No piercing intercom. No slamming lockers. No administrators with check boxes. Nice.

@my_very_last_leaf 9 ай бұрын

The kids would probably look forward to the next day. I would.

@keepruvthknight 3 жыл бұрын

Students can not only learn from nature but also learn to appreciate and respect nature.

@ahutton49 3 жыл бұрын

This is awesome.

@jillwyzywany4980 3 жыл бұрын

So you are following the format that many homeschoolers have successfully used for years.

@alexandranikolaeva876 3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, they don't talk about how much all of this costs. Trackers is a school that only people from wealthy families can afford. This is never going to be available for kids from underprivileged families.

@hr6334 3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree!!!

@stillwatersfarm8499 3 жыл бұрын

You think heating and cooling buildings is cheaper than the park?

@nightengale7163 3 жыл бұрын

Nature ..... SO important! ☀️🌳🌲🦆🌿🍂🌦️🌬️🌼💦🐟🌱❄️🌾🍁

@chrism82793 3 жыл бұрын

As a teacher for one of these programs I can tell you it is strange how effective it is I really don't know why but you can tell a difference in engagement and retention

@tiredraylabelike6576 Жыл бұрын

As one of the students, I know that you are that one substitute who drinks lots of coffee

@chrism82793 Жыл бұрын

@@tiredraylabelike6576 close I shotgun monster like medicine 😭😭

@APerson-hu8lc Жыл бұрын

@@chrism82793 What? Also i saw you at that camp last week!

@chrism82793 Жыл бұрын

@@APerson-hu8lc trackers is amazing program and of course it's strange cuz the concept isn't actually that revolutionary it's just revolutionary to the US and specifically California which is where I worked at Northern Bay area I think it mentioned it in the video but Europe goes crazy for these programs

@LovePlaylists Жыл бұрын

Being stuck in a classroom with led lights and little socializing is not good for anyone

@elizabethmills8667 3 жыл бұрын

Authentic outside teaching Wow For this generation I grew up in the 1970"s whrn this was Free and had outdoors recrsd2and even walk to a nearby park near a creek and eat lunch there All kids everywhere needs this experience

@ensambleconsultoriabarragan 3 жыл бұрын

Thiss is what school should be!!! Turn to Reggio Emilia, Finland etc

@amandaward3747 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like Scouting to me!

@meganpeterson5021 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful ❤️

@breee4093 3 жыл бұрын

I'm literally obsessed. Being outside is so much more engaging, your brain is working more, it's more awake and happy and better focused. Its probably cheaper than real schools too, cause you don't need to build, clean, upkeep, heat the building, meaning you could pay teachers more. Have schools located in forests would also decrease forestry and teach kids a love for nature. Why is the public education system not jumping on this.

@jeng1395 Жыл бұрын

The schools they talked about in Maine are public.

@cherylcarlson3315 3 жыл бұрын

15 yrs ago did this homeschooling my kids eclectically. Everything from doing community service at animal shelter to picking up cans along county road then figuring your pay per hour, noting ratio of ETOH cans to soft drink cans, distribution of cans from vendor, what colors lasted longer and why, picking up wildflowers to identify, going on any factory tour I could find, parks, beaches, my kids were there.

@steveconn 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if Oregon is as bad with mosquitoes in spring as Alaska. They come at you in baseball-sized swarms.

@ivm7322 3 жыл бұрын

Kudos, I want my tax money to support this initiative. ..don't want to give my money to send space ships to Mars...

@ivm7322 3 жыл бұрын

@Itis Me With where that money is going, we'll be gone long before we ever need it.

@CosmicCamera 3 жыл бұрын

Outdoor classrooms like these are amazing. That the children are forced to wear masks like this OUTSIDE is absolutely ludicrous.

@tiredraylabelike6576 Жыл бұрын

Actually, as one of the students for two years, I can say that the mask were definitely worth it. (In my classroom, at least) we only got sick (as in multiple people at once) one time. The masks helped and without them we would have gotten far more sick.

@emiliobello2538 2 жыл бұрын

interesting

@chaii_latte 3 жыл бұрын

I'm jelly

@m2d2yes Жыл бұрын

"Authentic education," she says while wearing a mask and standing in a stream.

@debbiecooper1677 3 жыл бұрын

omg I would had my kifs in this so fast

@louisianarainwater 3 жыл бұрын

💚💚💚

@pschreiber71 3 жыл бұрын

Normal for many kids in Germany.

@emiliobello2538 Жыл бұрын

One of those is in M3GAN

@DgurlSunshine 3 жыл бұрын

Ecology

@usefuldreamer4955 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe one thing they could teach first would be that it’s completely unnecessary to wear masks outdoors. You are outside with fresh oxygen produced by the beautiful trees you are surrounded by. BREATH IT IN. Please follow actual science and model smart behavior not blind compliance and fear. Other than that, beautiful learning environment

@crumdoggy 3 жыл бұрын

Good on Portland Maine Public Schools but does anyone really think that American Teachers Unions would do this en masse? Catholic and Private schools remained upon and remained safe-just as Rand Paul told Fauci last fall. Kids in public schools, especially boys, lost a year of their lives due to the raw exercise of political power by teachers unions.

@m2d2yes Жыл бұрын

Outdoors and wearing masks. Idiocracy. Missing the forest for the trees.

@Zlnfgz 3 жыл бұрын

🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

@larrysouthern5098 3 жыл бұрын

This is GREAT!! At lleast they are back to learning something...But why do they have to wear MASK!! LET THOSE BABIES BREATH!!! They are outside!!! Give me a break!!!

@tiredraylabelike6576 Жыл бұрын

#westillgotsickandweareolderandsmarterthaninfantsyourepublicanbutthanksforimplyingthatiguess

@stillwatersfarm8499 3 жыл бұрын

Outside all day, but still making them wear masks. 🤦🏼‍♀️

@stillwatersfarm8499 3 жыл бұрын

@Amanda Aquafina the clip with the kid in a T-shirt and all in masks? Most people use a scarf, a ski mask or one of those stretchy bandana things for cold protection... using masks would be kind of odd. 🤷🏼‍♀️

@tiredraylabelike6576 Жыл бұрын

We still got sick. (As one of the students) you should probably check how much they helped us. And it wasn’t even much of a problem, you got used to it and ut didn’t interfere with anything. No problem.

@stillwatersfarm8499 Жыл бұрын

@@tiredraylabelike6576 you said it - you still got sick.

@tiredraylabelike6576 Жыл бұрын

@@stillwatersfarm8499 and what would happend if we never wore the masks? (got sick in the recent school year, not the year that this was filmed). Recent school year didn’t enforce masks as much.

@stillwatersfarm8499 Жыл бұрын

@@tiredraylabelike6576 So, now you are gaslighting. Got it. My husband designed the air handlers for Covid hospital rooms. Your little mask did nothing.

@c187rocks 3 жыл бұрын

Keep in mind for the cost of sending one child to Trackers Forest School you could buy a new Kia and have money left over. They've also been accused of racist administration practices by community groups in Portland, Ore.