So untrue! We spend about an hour a week volunteering in the park (we’re committed to at least 40 hours per calendar year), and I ❤️ badges! So, I decided to get some of our very own made up, courtesy of my husband’s design and the frog logo donated to me by Robert C. Stebbins and UC Press.

Find out how to get yours here:

Show off your volunteering work and how you sport your badge at #outsideschoolnaturehelper!

Enrollment

Now enrolling for the Outside School school year program and an 8 Week Peek!

Did you know you that one option, often called flexischooling, is available where you can make arrangements with your child’s traditional school to have them attend on Mondays and Fridays only, so they can come to Outside School on our schedule, Tuesdays through Thursdays? Or, you can file your own private school affidavit and do your own thing, go with your own flow, if you will.

Let’s get more kids out in nature this school year! For more information, please go to www.outside.school:

If you’re interested, but not quite ready to commit for the entire school year, check out the “8 Week Peek!”

Nature News

We 🖤🖤🖤 Halloween-times! Here’s a little bird enjoyment for you:

Inspiration and Resources

“Time in Nature Can Be an Educational Tool, Some Experts Say”

By Karen D’Souza for Ed Source

Need more evidence?

This month I have a Columbia Employee Store (in Richmond, CA) available for those on my email list. If you’d like one, sign up on my mailing list and let me know you’ve done it, and I’ll send it over to you. In the future, you’ll get the codes automatically when I send my monthly-ish newsletters (basically, this blog).

Cheers!

Take care,

Heather

Heather Taylor, California Master Teacher, NREMT

Founder/Director/Teacher, Outside School (www.outside.school)

Founder, Teach Outside (www.teachoutside.org)

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