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Nature: Canada’s Most Beautiful Classroom
Mounting evidence suggests that teaching children outside is hugely beneficial to their wellbeing as well as their overall education. One such study found that classes taught inside following outdoor education…
Green Your Playroom
Make no mistake. The great outdoors is the finest playroom on earth. But sometimes the heavens open and it pours cats and dogs, the temperatures dip too low, and you’re…
Sketching Nature with Kids
Drawing what you see in a garden, park or on the trail is a wonderful way to spend time in nature. It can be calming as well as improve focus…
Wild Dates to Keep in Mind for This School Year
It’s a new school year! Here are some dates to note this year and resources that can help make the most of them! Pick your favourites from these options and…
Virtual Road Trip: Hiking the Arctic Tundra
Welcome to Sachs Harbour, the northernmost community in the Northwest Territories! Known as Ikaahuk, “Place to which you cross”, by the Inuvialuit people, this area features vast and wild tundra…
Virtual Road-Trip: Beachgoing at the Bay of Fundy
Welcome to the Bay of Fundy, the next destination on our virtual cross-Canada road trip! Winding its way between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the Bay of Fundy is a unique coastal…
Virtual Road-Trip: The Monarch of Manitoba’s Tallgrass Prairie
As our virtual cross-Canada road-trip continues, we find ourselves in the southeastern part of Manitoba in one of the last remaining stands of Canada’s tall grass prairie. The sea-like swaying…
Virtual Road Trip: Birdwatching in Grasslands National Park
Experience the solitude of the wide-open prairies as the wind ripples through a sea of grass beneath the clear blue sky. Welcome to the latest stop on our VIRTUAL cross-Canada…
Virtual Road-Trip: Trekking in Trois-Rivières
Did you see that? We’ve arrived in Trois-Rivières, the latest stop on our virtual road trip across Canada, and I think I just saw a turtle crossing the road. Join…
Cross-Canada Road Trip: Camping in the Canadian Rockies
Welcome to the next stop on our virtual cross-Canada road trip – Jasper, Alberta! Join us as we virtually explore the vast wilderness of the Canadian Rockies, learn about the…
