Mentoring Nature Connections is all about sharing our experiences and questions about outdoor explorations.  I'm hoping you'll join us on our journey of investigating nature with our learners.  Today we are joined by Kelsey Keller, a Grade 3/4/5 Montessori teacher at Baker Drive in Coquitlam, BC.  Together we are exploring the topic of place-based learning and how we make the connection between story, perspective, and mapping. 

Key questions we are going to tackle today include:

How can we see place as being our teacher?

How can we uncover the history of our land?

How can we structure our exploration time during #Forestschool? 

I'm Lauren MacLean and I'm a mentoring support teacher in the area of mathematics and outdoor learning for the Coquitlam district in BC.

Website: mentoringnatureconnections.wordpress.com

Twitter: @lkmaclean

Instagram: @mentoringnatureconnections

Information on today's guest: Kelsey Keller

Website: kelseykeller.com

Twitter: @montessorimice

Inspirational people we discussed:

Erin Kenny, the founder of Cedarsong Nature School in Washington, said that “children cannot bounce off the walls if we take away the walls.”

 David Jardine and his views on restlessness. 

Novelty Nature Notes:

Trees cannot die of old age. Something external has to kill them. This makes them the oldest living organism on Earth.

Wood Wide Web.  Trees have a secret underground messaging system!