Nature School South Padre Island

05/20/2022

KRGV Today we went to the news!! We had a great time learning from the meteorologist, producers and editors. We even got a chance to play with the green screen 🤣🤪 This field trips are host by the McAllen Area RGV Homeschoolers We appreciate all the hard work of the organizers and we love how nice and welcome they make us feel.

05/16/2022

Last Friday we had the opportunity to visit the newspaper The Monitor located in McAllen and we had the chance to meet other homeschool families. It was the first guided tour in 2 years for the newspaper.😁 We had a great time and learn so much.

05/16/2022

Art day!
Happy Monday 😁

05/12/2022

04/30/2022

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Rethinking Education
Most of us reading this went to school, and so we had years and years of subconscious programming about the role of play in education. Most of the school day was spent in the classroom where we did the serious stuff, the learning with the teacher, the stuff the teacher got paid for. We were only allowed outside to play for a break from the serious stuff. The role of a teacher on duty at play time was merely as a safety warden.

So our own experience brainwashed us into believing play wasn't learning, and that is why so many teachers and parents are struggling with making the big shift to valuing the genius of play as a vehicle for learning and unfolding intelligence. Reimagining education asks us to make that seismic shift in our beliefs around learning, education and play.

04/08/2022

04/06/2022

Nature portraits.

04/01/2022

Imagine all the things you can learn with flowers...colors, shapes, potions, math!!!

03/30/2022

Skills for life...

01/14/2022

Unstructured play!

01/12/2022

Unstructured play time is the magic of childhood. Exploring all the corners of the RGV!

12/31/2021

We are closing the year hiking the beautiful Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge The number one priority in our school is to keep our kids moving and engaged with our natural environment. Happy new year!