A Day In The Life
TIME FOR LEARNING, EXPLORING, ADVENTURING, CONNECTING & RECHARGING
Steward Outdoor
Day School
Sample Schedule
8:45 - 9:00am Arrival
Investigate tools used for sugaring over centuries, how the process and product have evolved over time. Tour Bushy Hill Sugar Shack & assist with boiling/bottling.
9:00am Morning Meeting
Funny Face "Pass the Mask" Responsive Classroom Greeting; "Hopes and Dreams" class check-in; review of today's schedule.
9:15am Outdoor STEM Lab
Tap maple trees: tree id; trunk circumference & tap placements (personal references vs standard measurements); layers of a tree; depth of taps.
10:30am Creative Concepts
Nature Art: plan & sketch your maple tree design. Will you create with paper, clay, wood, paints, etc.? What aspects of the tree will you include and why?
11:30am Lunch/Free Play
12:15p Literacy in Nature
Share poems and prose about maple trees and sugaring from various cultures. Continue writing your own poetry or short story.
1:00pm Natural History
Investigate tools used for sugaring over centuries, how the process and product have evolved over time. Tour Bushy Hill Sugar Shack & assist with boiling/bottling.
1:45pm Environmental Ed
Fire Challenge: Prepare your firepit; using bow drills and teamwork, create a coal to start your fire.
2:15pm Social Impact
ustainability: Visit the farm to check on worm compost system and to turn the outdoor compost.
2:45pm Closing Circle
Guiding questions: What was the "rose" of your day and why? What is your "bud" for tomorrow (what are you looking forward to)? Pass the IALAC bead to acknowledge random acts of kindness from today.