Outdoor Classrooms Podcast
The Outdoor Classrooms Podcast is the podcast for teachers and parents and anyone interested in cultivating learning gardens and nature-based curricula for children. It’s a show that will help you transform your outdoor space and will offer “seeds of inspiration” for playful learning outdoors. Each week, Victoria Hackett and her guests will share tips and actionable strategies that you will need in order to set in motion, manage and grow your Outdoor Classroom. You’ll learn how to implement the 5 Phases of Teaching Outdoors, all while providing a new way of learning for your children!
Studies have shown that children who learn outdoors in all seasons “develop a sense of self, independence, confidence, creativity, decision-making, problem-solving skills, empathy towards others, motor skills, self-discipline, and initiative.”
Victoria Hackett is the founder of Outdoor-Classrooms.com, The CIRCLE Membership community, and The Secret Gardens Demonstration Outdoor Classroom. You can follow her on Instagram and Facebook. To learn more, head on over to our virtual playground at outdoor-classrooms.com.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 165
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
44. Build Community with the Hannah School ~ Principal Gabrielle Montevecchi
The doors to our NEW Outdoor Classrooms website have opened which also includes our NEW CIRCLE Membership Hub. I'm excited to start helping all new members access the resources they need to cultivate…
43. Reclaim the Roots in Education with Jean Lomino from The Forest School Teacher Institute
The doors to our NEW Outdoor Classrooms website have opened which also includes our NEW CIRCLE Membership Hub. I'm excited to start helping all new members access the resources they need to cultivate…
42: From a Seed of Inspiration CIRCLE Reflections with Ann Ranger
The doors to our NEW Outdoor Classrooms website have opened which also includes our NEW CIRCLE Membership Hub. I'm excited to start helping all new members access the resources they need to cultivate…
41: Bilingual Unplugged Adventure Play with Nicole Marie Majewski
The doors to our NEW Outdoor Classrooms website have opened which also includes our NEW CIRCLE Membership Hub. I'm excited to start helping all new members access the resources they need to cultivate…
40: The Ripple Effect CIRCLE Refections with Member Laura Delgado
The doors to our NEW Outdoor Classrooms website have opened which also includes our NEW CIRCLE Membership Hub. I'm excited to start helping all new members access the resources they need to cultivate…
39. Reggio-Inspired SHED Children's Campus with Linda Shottes Bouchard
The doors to our NEW Outdoor Classrooms website have opened which also includes our NEW CIRCLE Membership Hub. I'm excited to start helping all new members access the resources they need to cultivate…
38. Sow Seeds and Bloom: CIRCLE Member Reflections with Michelle Lipp
The doors to our NEW Outdoor Classrooms website have opened which also includes our NEW CIRCLE Membership Hub. I'm excited to start helping all new members access the resources they need to cultivate…
37: Place-Based Learning with Taira Restar from Emerald Heart Forest School
We are celebrating the launch of our NEW Website!!! Make sure you check out the CIRCLE Membership SALE! Now only $20/month. In today's Outdoor Classroom Tour and Talk we are talking about Place-Based…
36: Messy Maths with Juliet Robertson
We are celebrating the launch of our NEW Website on the Podcast with an interview with one of my heroes, Juliet Robertson. Juliet and I sat down virtually in 2020 at the Outdoor Classrooms Summit. Sh…
35: Barefeet Farm School with Erin Majeske
Today we are venturing to Barefeet Farm School; a licensed outdoor preschool located just outside of Bellingham, Washington.
HERE'S WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS EPISODE:
- The Barefeet Farm School story
- Bar…
34. Environmental Generational Amnesia: Can We Cure It?
"If you know better, you do better." Maya Angelo
In today's episode, we are continuing the conversation from episode #33: No One Goes Outdoors Anymore.
What to expect from this episode:
- What is Shifte…
33. Little Farmers Preschool with Maia Lewis
The Suffolk County Farm and Education Center’s mission is to provide hands-on research-based learning to all residents with themes in agriculture, animal sciences, history, STEM, healthy living, and …
32. No One Goes Outside Anymore: The Research
Today we are looking at the research around why no one goes outside anymore. It's astonishing!
HERE'S WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS MINI-SODE:
- Why Don't Kids Go Outdoors? The Research
- What's happening to…
31. Teaching Off Trail with Peter Dargatz
If you are a public school educator, you are in for a treat! In this episode, we have Peter Dargatz sharing the incredible evolution of his public school kindergarten transformed into a nature kinde…
30. The Adventures in Risky Play with Author Rusty Keeler
This entire month we are enjoying our Author Series. In this episode, we are talking with Rusty Keeler, author of his newest book, The Adventures of Risky Play: What is Your Yes?
HERE'S WHAT TO EXPEC…
29. Wild Learning with Author Rachel Tidd
This entire month we are enjoying our Author Series. In this episode, we are talking with Rachel Tidd, author of Wild Learning: Practical Ideas for Bringing Teaching Outdoors
HERE'S WHAT TO EXPECT F…
28. Ten Must-Read Nature-Based Books From My Bookshelf
This month we are enjoying our first Author Series. When I asked Lauren MacLean, author of Me and My Sit Spot, about what inspires her, she said, "I LOVE to read!" Throughout this podcast episode (27…
27. Me and My Sit Spot with Author Lauren MacLean
This entire month we are enjoying our Author Series. In this episode, we are talking with Lauren MacLean, author of Me and My Sit Spot.
HERE'S WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS EPISODE:
A wonderful conversat…
26. Nine Ways to Embrace Nature Every Day
After interviewing Linda McGurk, author of There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather, I was inspired to design my workcation around creating habits to embrace nature every day.
HERE'S WHAT TO EXPECT FROM T…
25. There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather with Author Linda McGurk
This month we are digging into our Author Series with Linda McGurk and her book, There's No Such Thing As Bad Weather."
MEET LINDA:
I’m a writer and author who grew up in Sweden, approximately on the…