{"id":6350,"date":"2022-06-07T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T21:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/?p=6350"},"modified":"2022-06-07T17:22:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T21:22:53","slug":"lets-talk-about-great-outdoors-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/2022\/06\/lets-talk-about-great-outdoors-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s Talk About: Great Outdoors Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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June is Great Outdoors Month<\/a>, a time to celebrate our local, state, national parks, and waterways. As we straddle the line between pandemic and endemic COVID-19<\/a>, we need to balance safety for those still vulnerable<\/a> and learning to live with COVID19 as an endemic<\/a> disease. In 2020 we discussed staying close to home<\/a> with your Great Outdoors Month activities. This year we want to encourage you to push back against Nature-Deficit Disorder<\/a> in our students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ve discussed the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals<\/a> and the need to teach the SDGs<\/a>. Students who spend most of their time indoors or consuming digital content may lack the connection with nature that helps them understand the importance of goals 14 and 15: life below water <\/a>and life on land<\/a>. Without some connection to the outdoors, students will lack the enthusiasm necessary to engage in critical conservation efforts that will pass down to the next generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many ways to help students to connect with nature. Here are a few ideas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n