UTRCA Leads Primary Outreach Program to Embrace the Outdoors

Over the winter, Upper Thames River Conservation Authority (UTRCA) education staff collaborated with three schools from the London District Catholic School Board to provide a Kindergarten Primary Outreach Program. These programs are designed to show teachers how their outdoor space could be used to teach math, language and science. As part of the program, UTRCA staff also created outdoor learning kits for each school to help teachers incorporate the natural materials and spaces into their teaching. 

These kits included multi-purpose items that can help with sensory exploration, counting, creativity and much more. Education staff are excited to run follow up visits this spring and see how the teachers are using the outdoors to enhance student learning!