In today’s digital age, where screens often dominate our attention, taking learning outside provides a breath of fresh air – both literally and figuratively. We’re thrilled to introduce you to five fantastic resources specially designed to help you bring literacy lessons to life beneath the open sky.

Picture this: students scribbling stories under the shade of a tree, crafting poems while listening to the gentle rustle of leaves, or jotting down vivid descriptions with their feet grounded in the grass – all while fostering a deeper connection to nature. It’s a win-win!

Check out our 5 easy outdoor literacy lesson and get your class outside!

Debating is a great way to get students thinking creatively about persuasive language. For this activity students will go and find the most interesting item they can from your outdoor space and write a list of points as to why their item is the best using their persuasive language techniques.
Autumn is a wonderful time of year where there are a lot of changes happening. This can be a fantastic opportunity to look at poetry and description.
This activity gets students to use their imagination to change things they can find outside into weird and wonderful creations. It can be used really effectively when designing characters before writing a story.
For this ‘instructions’ writing activity students will create a treasure hunt for their partner to follow. They will hide an object (name tag, stone with their initials on, etc.) and create a set of instructions to guide their partner to their object from a designated starting point.
This activity gets students listening to the sounds of nature as well as creating their own sounds as they explore the world of onomatopoeias before creating their own onomatopoeia poetry.
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