Finding focus, productivity through outdoor learning

Scavenger hunts to find items connected to that day’s lesson and walks to explore a school’s green spaces are among the outdoor learning activities that also are “easily adaptable to a variety of topics and age levels,” according to Massachusetts first-grade teacher Alissa Alteri Shea.

“Being outdoors relieves stress and anxiety, gives kids the freedom to move, and helps them focus,” she writes for Edutopia. “All of this leads to a more joyful, balanced, productive school day.”

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