- Woodland Presbyterian School
- Outdoor Learning Center
Outdoor Learning Center
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Woodland embraces academic excellence, spiritual development, social consciousness, community collaboration, and a positive sense of self. Our Woodland mission is to prepare students to strive for their personal best in many ways. The Outdoor Learning Center provides academic opportunities in:
- Science - growing environments, engineering, sustainability, and plant life cycles
- Math - prediction, comparison, spatial reasoning, volume, and measuring
- Art - design and creating
- Language Arts - writing poetry and original books, and acting
- Enterprise - effort, collaboration, sense of accomplishment, and beautification of Woodland
Creating a beautiful GARDEN builds character, responsibility, and reliability in a joyful learning environment.
G – gardening helps children grow a love for and an understanding of the importance of taking care of our earth!
A – all of the senses are involved and sensory learning is memorable learning!
R – roots are the foundation of long lasting and beautiful memories and reminders of children’s time at Woodland.
D – digging, planting, watering, growing, and harvesting teach follow through and dedication.
E – everyone can get involved and working with others builds collaboration and communication skills.
N - being in nature nourishes us spiritually and gives many opportunities to serve others.
Garden News
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We are excited about recieving a grant from the Junior League of Memphis to use to complete garden projects that will enhance children's outdoor experiences!
Link Library
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7 Reasons Planting Seeds Enriches Their Lives
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10 Benefits of Gardening with Kids
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How Gardening affects your child's brain, body, and soul
Green Thumbs Garden Club
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11-19-20
Our last Green Thumbs time this semester resulted in the copletion of our pool ball caterpillar!
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Green Thumbs 11-12-20
We LOVE fall leaves!
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Green Thumbs 11-5-20
Working on a special project using pool balls!
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10-29-20
Even when the weather keeps us inside, Green Thumbs are involved in nature! They used Nature to decorate pumpkins!
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10-22-20
We started working on a special project to enhance the beauty and creativity of our garden!
The Gardeners Club
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The Gardeners 11-2-20
Working on a special project using bowling balls!
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10-26-20
Fun using nature to decorate pumpkins!
Special Garden Projects
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Summer Gardening
Many "warm" hours were spent by the Gardening Committee in the garden this summer making improvements, weeding, watering, and having fun!
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Dynamic Raised Bed
We appreciate the help of a Woodland dad for constructing our new Dynamic Raised Bed for us to use to grow all kinds of plants!
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The Fairy Garden
Several groups of gardeners created a wonderful fairy garden full of fairy houses, lush shade plants, and tiny fairys that stimulate imagination and creativity!
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The Meadow
On a chilly Saturday work day, 22 volunteers created a meadow area with knolls and a path to run and climb on!
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Rainbow Garden
The Green Thumbs created a rainbow shaped garden bed around the edge of the pond.