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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 Secure Share Your Story Where? Your Childhood Space 2

10/9/2018 Your Memory was Beautiful Nature Instills Beauty Beauty Instills Wonder 3

10/9/2018 Wonder is Intertwined with Emotions Wonder-based Teaching: A Startup Guide (www.fairydustteaching.com) Emotional Connections & Memories Experiencing Deeply 4

10/9/2018 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 Beauty = Nature = Cognition Emotions Beauty Nature Memory Cognition Breaking the Aesthetic Code 5

10/9/2018 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 6

10/9/2018 Breaking the Aesthetic Code Bringing the Outside In Getting Started – Going Outside 7

10/9/2018 Getting Started – Going Outside Getting Started – Going Outside Getting Started – Going Outside 8

10/9/2018 Bringing the Outside In 1. Exploring 2. Creating 3. Thinking 4. Sprouting 2 6 #1: Exploring 2 7 9

10/9/2018 Exploring ✓ Interact ✓ Question ✓ Investigate ✓ Test ✓ Define ✓ Refine Pond Jar Shake a Shrub 10

10/9/2018 Shake a Shrub Classroom Natural Museums Classroom Natural Museums 11

10/9/2018 Nature Chair See any birds? My Land 12

10/9/2018 Find Nature in Unexpected Places Duct Tape Nature Challenge Add 1 outside element to each learning center #2: Creating 3 9 13

10/9/2018 Creating ✓ Textures ✓ Patterns ✓ Colors ✓ Size ✓ Shape Look . . . and You Will See Magnificent Mandalas 14

10/9/2018 Mandala Magnificent Mandala Magnificent Mandala Mandola Tree Cookie Weaving 15

10/9/2018 Sticky Sticks Twiggy Easel Painting with Kitchen Scraps 16

10/9/2018 Paint Brushes Painting Nature Painting Nature 17

10/9/2018 Painting Nature Painting Nature Painting Nature 18

10/9/2018 Challenge Eliminate construction paper. Go Paperless • Birchwood • Tree Bark • Tiles • Terra Cotta • Plywood • Cheesecloth • Fabric/Textiles • Foils • Cardboard • Leather Pieces #3: Thinking 5 7 19

10/9/2018 Thinking ✓ Problem Solving ✓ Discovery Making ✓ Collaborating ✓ Investigating Seashell Count Seashell Sort 20

10/9/2018 Story Stones 21

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10/9/2018 Natural Manipulatives • Rocks • Seashells • Acorns • Driftwood • Sticks • Pinecones • Sea glass • Tree pods • Seeds • Tree cookies Challenge Add 1 natural manipulative to each center 23

10/9/2018 #4: Sprouting 7 0 Sprouting ✓ Intricate Patterns ✓ Dazzling Colors ✓ Wonder of Growth Sprouting 24

10/9/2018 Sierra October ber 2018 25

10/9/2018 Apple Sunflower Seed Snack • Cantaloupes • Cherries • Pumpkins • Muskmelons • Lemons • Mangoes • Limes • Apricots • Grapefruits • Grapes • Peaches • Pomegranates • Avocadoes • Apples • Pears • Squash • Plums • Cucumbers • Oranges • Watermelons 26

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10/9/2018 Tea Cups 29

10/9/2018 Tin Cans Suitcase Drawer 30

10/9/2018 Drawer Water Bottles Challenge Add 1 container garden in classroom 31

10/9/2018 1. Exploring 2. Creating 3. Thinking 4. Sprouting 9 4 32

10/9/2018 Jody Martin jmartin@frogstreet.com Sandra Duncan, EdD sandrdun@aol.com 33