In today’s class, we had the opportunity to take the class outside to Finnerty Garden. I really enjoyed this activity as it was such a nice day out today and having the opportunity to feel the sun on my skin and breathe in the fresh air. Some thoughts I had while walking through the garden is how you can especially create a cross-curricular activity with yoga and meditation. You could use this connection in many different ways like doing some sitting meditation on a grassy area, walking meditation and guided breathing through nature or even encouraging your students to just take a silent mindful minute. 

Additionally, I thought about how at Finnerty Garden what you hear is a lot of cars and traffic. An idea could be you bring your students to a more central garden like Finnerty listen and record what you can hear then go to a more secluded garden and record what you hear. There would probably be a drastic difference in what the students hear and this could even be connected to the anatomy of the ear if that fits the grade you are teaching.

Through our walk, I created a little vlog of some thoughts my group had while walking through.