Here you’ll find texts and activities about:
NE Woodlands Native American Cultural Studies – a collection of reproducible activity pages and games for young people. There’s also a field guide focused specifically on the Indigenous People of the Lower Merrimack River Valley at the time of European Contact (in present-day southern New Hampshire, northeastern Massachusetts, and the southeast tip of Maine).
Small-Scale, Localized, Organic Growing and Eating: 9 NOFA-NH Coloring Pages for interested folks, young or old.
A school gardening case study as it relates to some of the goals of Laudato Si’ and an example of a school pageant (including photos and script) focused on Deep History / Evolution and St. Francis’ original poem “Laudato Si'” / the “Canticle of the Creatures.”
An especially useful article, first published in Green Teacher magazine, about teaching Systems Theory and Multi-Level Evolution to sixth graders with the help of a simple visual diagram (with text) that children can complete, embellish, and share.
A pdf of an early Draft and supplementary materials related to the activity collection Circling the Sun, Racing the Wind. A slightly expanded version of this collection was published by Green Writers Press of Vermont in November of 2024. Many of the activities in the resulting book (and this preliminary draft) transform traditional children’s game structures into vehicles for enjoyable, outdoor exercise and social and emotional learning. They try to cultivate children’s sense of belonging within Nature, their attachment to place and the planet – and a general ethos of grateful protectiveness and care for their fellow beings: human and otherWise. Simultaneously, the activities strive to offer in -depth information and insights into the ecology, seasonal phenomena, and wonderful creatures of the NE temperate forestlands.
Supporting slides for a visual arts workshop for fellow NH arts educators on the topic of Pattern Design, presented in 2019 at the annual NHAEA Conference.