Creative Ways to Take Your Lessons Outside

 Pick a great novel for each of your reading groups and have your kids head outside and read together out loud under the shade of a tree.

 See how many sounds your kids’ footprints can make over various surfaces and then write onomatopoeia poetry using the sounds.

 Practice hand-writing using water, paintbrushes and rocks.

 Get active while practicing grammar.Instead of “Duck, Duck, Goose,” play “Noun, Noun, Adjective.”

 Have your students write poetry about something they observe outside.

 Bury magnetic letters in sand or dirt and have your kids dig them out.

 Make story stones to summarize a story graphically that you have read in class.

 Build a "campfire" (don't use real fire!) and lead a book discussion.

Source: www.weareteachers.com/community/blogs/weareteachersblog/blog-wat/2013/08/07/the-teacher-report-30-creative-ways-to-take-your-lessons-outside