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10/9/2018 Bringing the Outside Creating Nature-Based Classrooms: Breaking the Aesthetic Code In Sandra Duncan, EdD & Jody Martin The Best Job of All The Best Job of All 1 10/9/2018 Your Childhood Space Warm You Beautiful Safe

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Bringing the

Outside

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Creating Nature-Based Classrooms: Breaking the Aesthetic Code

Sandra Duncan, EdD & Jody Martin

The Best Job of All The Best Job of All

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Your Childhood Space

You

Warm Safe Secure Beautiful

Share Your Story

Where?

Your Childhood Space

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Your Memory was Beautiful Nature Instills Beauty Beauty Instills Wonder

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Wonder is Intertwined with Emotions

Wonder-based Teaching: A Startup Guide (www.fairydustteaching.com)

Emotional Connections & Memories Experiencing Deeply

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Experiencing Deeply

PLACE is a piece of the environment that has been claimed by feelings. We are homesick for places . . . And, the catalyst that converts any physical location into a PLACE is the process of experiencing deeply.

  • -Alan Gussow

Artist & Naturalist

Cognition

Memory Beauty Emotions

Beauty = Nature = Cognition

Nature

Breaking the Aesthetic Code

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Breaking the Aesthetic Code

Aesthetics is people’s perceptions of what is familiar and socially accepted

Breaking the Aesthetic Code

Society’s Accepted Expectations

  • Football Game
  • Casino
  • Church / Synagogue
  • Doctor’s Office
  • Hotel Room
  • Preschool Classroom

Every environment has its own aesthetic code.

Breaking the Aesthetic Code

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Breaking the Aesthetic Code Bringing the Outside In Getting Started – Going Outside

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Getting Started – Going Outside Getting Started – Going Outside Getting Started – Going Outside

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Bringing the Outside In

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  • 1. Exploring
  • 2. Creating
  • 3. Thinking
  • 4. Sprouting

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#1: Exploring

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Exploring

✓ Interact ✓ Question ✓ Investigate ✓ Test ✓ Define ✓ Refine

Pond Jar Shake a Shrub

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Shake a Shrub Classroom Natural Museums Classroom Natural Museums

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Nature Chair See any birds? My Land

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Find Nature in Unexpected Places Duct Tape Nature Challenge

Add 1 outside element to each learning center

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#2: Creating

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Creating

✓ Textures ✓ Patterns ✓ Colors ✓ Size ✓ Shape

Look . . . and You Will See Magnificent Mandalas

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Mandala Magnificent Mandala Magnificent Mandala Mandola Tree Cookie Weaving

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Sticky Sticks Twiggy Easel Painting with Kitchen Scraps

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Paint Brushes Painting Nature Painting Nature

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Painting Nature Painting Nature Painting Nature

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Challenge

Eliminate construction paper.

Go Paperless

  • Birchwood
  • Tree Bark
  • Tiles
  • Terra Cotta
  • Plywood
  • Cheesecloth
  • Fabric/Textiles
  • Foils
  • Cardboard
  • Leather Pieces

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#3: Thinking

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Thinking

✓Problem Solving ✓Discovery Making ✓Collaborating ✓Investigating

Seashell Count Seashell Sort

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Story Stones

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  • Rocks
  • Seashells
  • Acorns
  • Driftwood
  • Sticks
  • Pinecones
  • Sea glass
  • Tree pods
  • Seeds
  • Tree cookies

Natural Manipulatives Challenge

Add 1 natural manipulative to each center

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Sprouting

✓ Intricate Patterns ✓ Dazzling Colors ✓ Wonder of Growth

Sprouting

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Sierra October ber 2018

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Apple Sunflower Seed Snack

  • Cantaloupes
  • Pumpkins
  • Lemons
  • Limes
  • Grapefruits
  • Peaches
  • Avocadoes
  • Pears
  • Plums
  • Oranges
  • Cherries
  • Muskmelons
  • Mangoes
  • Apricots
  • Grapes
  • Pomegranates
  • Apples
  • Squash
  • Cucumbers
  • Watermelons
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www.wallygro.com www.wallygro.com

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Tea Cups

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Tin Cans Suitcase Drawer

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Drawer Water Bottles Challenge

Add 1 container garden in classroom

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  • 1. Exploring
  • 2. Creating
  • 3. Thinking
  • 4. Sprouting
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Jody Martin jmartin@frogstreet.com Sandra Duncan, EdD sandrdun@aol.com