Keep Your Children/Students Actively Engaged in
Outdoor & Edible Education with These Great Resources
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Our experienced outdoor and culinary specialists love to inspire and promote a love of nature, food, and the environment. With your support we can continue to cultivate young minds and partner with local schools. If you are able, please consider a small donation today.
PEAS Staff Videos & Mini-Explorations:
Austin-area students, answer each video's inquiry questions and be entered in to our drawing for summer fun prizes!
¡Estudiantes del área de Austin, haga clic aquí para responder preguntas de consulta y participe en nuestro sorteo de premios divertidos de verano!
Adopt a Tree with Ms. Maite!
Click Here for Inquiry Questions
Haga clic aquí para responder preguntas de consulta
Click Here for Inquiry Questions
Haga clic aquí para responder preguntas de consulta
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Make a Tree Identification Book with Ms. Chelsea!
Click Here for Inquiry Questions Haga clic aquí para responder preguntas de consulta |
Learn about Isopods with Ms. Elizabeth!
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Look for Signs of Spring with Farmer Emma!
Click Here for Inquiry Questions Haga clic aquí para responder preguntas de consulta |
Build Your In-Ground Backyard Garden with Lauren
No inquiry questions for this one, but, if you have questions about building your garden, you can email us at admin@peascommunity.org. |
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Learn good hand washing habits with Ms. Maite!
Click Here for Inquiry Questions Haga clic aquí para responder preguntas de consulta |
Make Oobleck with Chef Caralee
Click here to answer inquiry questions Hacer Oobleck con la Chef Caralee Haga clic aquí para responder preguntas de consulta |
Listen to Chef Caralee Read Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss
Escuche al la Chef Caralee leer Bartholomew y el Oobleck por el Dr. Seuss |
Tree-t Yourself with Ms. Kate (elementary level)
click here to answer inquiry questions Tree-t Yourself con Ms. Kate (escuela primaria) haga clic aquí para responder preguntas de consulta |
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Para recursos en español, desplácese hacia abajo.
Explore Nature in Your Neighborhood/Yard
Activities:
- 10 Nature Activities to Help Get Your Family Through the Coronavirus Pandemic from The Children & Nature Network
- Activities to Do with Kids at Home from Project Learning Tree
- Finding Urban Nature from National Geographic
Gardening with Kids
Activities:
- Easy Parent & Kid Gardening Activities from KidsGardening.org
- Gardening with Children from Learn.Eartheasy.com
- Go-to Guide for Gardening with Children from Gardner's Path
- PEAS' Video - How To Build an In-Ground Backyard Garden with Lauren
Cooking with Kids
Instructional Cooking Videos:
- DIY Snacks for Kids from Rachel Talbott
- Healthy and Easy Snack Ideas from Liezl Jayne Strydom
- Making Ice Pops from National Geographic Kids
- 15 Kid Friendly Recipes from Motherly
- 20 Fun-filled Activities with Food from Forkly.com
- *Staff recommendation, "These are insane! i.e. rainbow grilled cheese, caterpillar fruit kabobs, grape sculptures - great for STEAM learning." (Fun, but not extremely healthy.)
- How to make Oobleck from The Best Ideas for Kids
- 3 Ways to Make Playdough from Really Good Stuff Blog
- 5 Ways to Make Safe Slime from The Empowered Educator
Videos y Actividades Educativos en Español
- Los Gusanos de Smile and Learn Español
- Curiosidades de las Arañas de Happy Learning Español
- Los Arboles de Happy Learning Español
- Explorar la naturaleza con Narigota
- Cuidado Medio Ambiente de Coqueta y Audaz
- Investigación de hábitat de árboles libro de actividades de la ciudad de Austin
- Artista científico libro de actividades de la ciudad de Austin
- Pintura Comestible de ManualidadesInfantiles.org
- Masa Comestible de Pequeocio
- Masa y Pinturas Caseras de Pequeocio
Additional resources from our partners:
- City of Austin - Urban Forestry Program
- At Home Learning from Eco-Rise
- Texas Outdoor Family CampIN Video from Texas Parks and Wildlife
- Follow TOF’s Facebook page for updates and live videos.
- The National Wildlife Federation encourages you to safely go outside to learn! The following resources are currently available for indoor and outdoor learning:
- Three months of free access to Ranger Rick digital magazines and activities
- Eco-Schools USA sustainability activities that can be done from school or home
- Weekly Monarch Heroes activities which students can do from a backyard/porch or on a neighborhood walk (coming soon)Applications are also currently being accepted for your school to join the Monarch Heroes program in the 2020-2021 school year. The application of interest can be found here: https://bit.ly/MH1-2020Aus
- Earth Day 50 Climate Change PD. In partnership with Project Wet and Project Wild, NWF has created a free, self-paced virtual climate education course for educators. Upon completion of the course educators will receive free lessons from Project Wet, Project Wild and NWF resources that can be used to (virtually) celebrate Earth Day 50. Teachers may register here.
- Common Threads: Cooking Videos, Small Bites Recipes , Gardening How Tos