Sample Program Outline:
Lunch Break 30 minutes
Nature Connections Program Outline: Here is an example of what a typical four-hour school day program might look like at one of our provincial parks. Please use this as a guide to be adapted to suit your schedule needs. Frame your day using the Active Learning Cycle (pg. 20) of goal setting, facilitating, and debriefing, then use the tricks, tips, and tools we’ve provided to create your own customized adventure! Introduction 45 minutes Introduce yourself and your team along with the area/site for your adventure, safety protocol, housekeeping (i.e.location of washrooms, garbage cans, etc.) and program details such as break/lunch times, basic schedule, and departure/ pickup time.)
Circle Up, page 25
Full Value Contract page.16
Break
15 minutes
Activities
45 minutes
Webbing Activities, Natural Connections, page 44
Pizza Toss, page 44
Symbiotic Relationships, page 29
Mosquitoes, Bears, and Salmon, page 27
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Nature Exploration 90 minutes (incorporate your break time below for a reflective activity), page 45 Break
15 minutes
Debrief:
15 minutes Talking Circle, page 20
Some thoughts: Manage/plan pee breaks, especially with young children as an enmasse visit to limited washroom facilities (read pit toilet) can be a real time consumer. Full Value Contract: Expand the conversation with questions such as Who will we respect? (Ourselves, each other, and Mother Earth) What does respect look like? Share examples or people who model respect. How do we show respect to Nature? Leave no trace page 9. While on the Nature Walk (page 23,24): Illustrate and reinforce connections to the larger circles (life, water, decomposition, etc.)through frequent fun group circles and your choice of games both prior to and during the walk. While on your adventure make frequent stops for “teachable moments”: the beaver-gnawed stump, pileated woodpecker hammering, garter snake sunning herself on the trail, which will prompt stories and harken back to the “big circles” with some prompting. Sprinkle the walk with a smattering of reflective activities. Keep your back pocket games and stunts ready for changes in both weather and group behaviour.
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