Let's Take It Outside!: Teacher-Created Activities for Outdoor Learning

By Kathy Charner

Children love outdoor play.  Now teachers can combine the magic and excitement of the outdoors with activities that encourage and support learning!

With more than 100 new teacher-created, classroom-tested outdoor activities, Let’s Take It Outside! engages children’s minds and bodies as they explore the limitless bounds of the outdoors while also building key skills in areas like math, literacy and language, science, art, and music.

Perfect for ages 3 to 6, the activities in Let’s Take It Outside! take kids on an outdoor adventure as they make mud-dough letters, go on a rainbow scavenger hunt, and play animal charades.

Let’s Take It Outside! is the result of a nationwide contest among teachers.  The best of the best activities are selected and organized by theme for easy use.

• Counting
• Alphabet
• Colors
•  Shapes
• Art
• Touch
• Sound and sight
• Plants and gardening
• Bubbles and air
• Light and shadow
• Animals and insects
• Dramatic play
• Large motor skills

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gryphon House, Inc.
• Release date: Sep 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9780876594315

Kathy Charner

Kathy Charner is the Editor in Chief, Books and Related Resources for the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the nation’s leading professional organization for those working with and on behalf of young children from birth through age 8. Charner, who was previously the Editor in Chief of Gryphon House, manages and oversees NAEYC’s book publishing program. Before joining NAEYC, Charner spent 25 years at Gryphon House, where she developed the publishing program and worked with authors to create books that positively impacted the early childhood education field.  Prior to joining Gryphon House, Charner was a preschool teacher and educational researcher. Kathy Charner has a BA in Humanities from Binghamton University.  She lives with her husband in Silver Spring, Maryland.