Bring your class outside!
An Outside Play Tool for Teachers
Have you thought about taking your class outdoors?
We’re here to help!
Have you thought about taking your class outdoors?
We’re here to help!
If daily life is the melody, festivals are the high notes of Indian family lifestyle. Throughout the year, the calendar is dotted with celebrations like Diwali, Eid, Holi, Christmas, Pongal, and Durga Puja.
The menu is a comforting return to tradition: fresh, hot rotis flipped straight from the stove onto plates, a seasonal vegetable dish, a protein-rich lentil curry, and a side of yogurt or pickle.
Sunset brings a distinct shift in energy. The evening begins with the lighting of an oil lamp in the home's small temple ( puja room). If daily life is the melody, festivals are
Modern Indian families live in two worlds simultaneously. A tech-savvy software engineer working for a global firm in Bengaluru will still come home, change into traditional attire, and participate in a complex Vedic ritual.
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Indian families are known for their rich cultural traditions. They celebrate various festivals like Diwali, Holi, and Navratri with great enthusiasm. These festivals bring the family together, and they participate in traditional rituals, decorations, and celebrations.
These events are not just holidays; they are stress-tests and reinforcers of family bonds. Weeks are spent deep-cleaning the home, shopping for traditional attire, and preparing specialized sweets. Relatives travel across states to be together. Even in the absence of a major festival, milestones like birthdays, academic achievements, or job promotions are celebrated with large, multi-course family dinners. Navigating the Modern Tug-of-War A tech-savvy software engineer working for a global
Here is an intimate look into the rhythm, rituals, and relationships that define the modern Indian household. 1. The Structure of the Indian Household
If weekdays are defined by chaotic routines, weekends are reserved for rejuvenation and relationships. Sundays usually begin late. The morning newspaper is read cover-to-cover over a heavy breakfast of parathas, idlis, or puri-alu.
In this 16-part video series created as part of the Teacher Tool, we explore themes and modules with educators across Canada who have deep experience in outdoor play and learning.
Find the conversations under the second tab - labelled “Resources” - of each individual module. For example, Creating Yes! Spaces – Megan Zeni in conversation with Frances McCoubrey.
Collaborate with your colleagues to discuss modules in a study group or lunch and learn format
Outdoor play is different from indoor play as it tends to involve children feeling more freedom, being more physically active, moving their bodies in different ways, and playing differently than they would inside. The outdoors can offer more variety of play environments and loose parts (e.g., sticks, rocks, buckets, sand, crates) to move around, allowing their imagination to shape their play. Children need daily outdoor play opportunities for their development, physical health, and well-being.
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Best-selling author of Dirty Teaching and Messy Maths. Juliet is a pioneer in the outdoor learning field, an early adopter of curricular learning outdoors, and prolific contributor to policy documents across Europe. Learn more about the history and intent of outdoor play and learning in schools from a legendary teacher, whose work this tool is built on!
