39. Math and Reading in the Wild: Practical Advice for Outdoor Schooling - with Rachel Tidd

Rachel Tidd is the author of the Wild Math® and Wild Reading™ Curriculums and a leading proponent of integrating the outdoors and the natural materials in math education. She became interested in teaching and learning outside after watching her two children thrive in an outdoor forest preschool. Prior to founding Wild Learning, Rachel obtained extensive teaching experience as an elementary and special education teacher and as a homeschool parent. She holds a Master’s degree in Elementary and Special Education from Bank Street College of Education and a B.S. in Environmental Science from SUNY- College of Environmental Science and Forestry. She enjoys walks in nature, good books, handwork such as knitting and sewing, traveling, and strong coffee. Today, Rachel and I talk all about teaching and learning outside, how simple it can be AND how beneficial.

I am so excited to share this interview with you! And just a quick head’s up - this Wednesday’s play invitation will be the 40th installment of this podcast and will mark the end of Season 1 of the podcast. I will be back with you the first week of September when I am very excited to share our outdoor homeschool plans for the year, because this year we’ve got one foot in public school, like you heard me share about last week, and one in homeschool. In the meantime, I would love it so much if you would celebrate 40 episodes with me this week and share YOUR favorite episode of Happy Outdoor Families so far - share it with a friend, or on social media, or in a review!

Now, go find Rachel on social media and check out her amazing curriculum resources!

IG: @discoverwildlearning

Website: www.discoverwildlearning.com

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