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Experiential Education Books: 10 Great Reads for Innovative Teachers and Parents

5/14/2025

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Experiential education is taking the world by storm, especially our post-pandemic world. 

If you are an aspiring or even practicing experiential educator looking for more information about experiential learning or could use a boost of inspiration, I highly recommend that you start by reading some books about experiential education written by the experiential learning greats!

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Top 10 Favorite New Years Activity Ideas for Experiential Learners

12/10/2024

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YES! Winter break is upon many of us, the holidays are in full effect, and you want to spend this break, well, taking a break! So planning a New Years activity for your experiential learners when you all return is not even something you can wrap your mind around right now. Your goal is to get a break! I completely get it.

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A Step-by-Step Guide for Teaching a Comprehensive High School Climate Change Unit

12/5/2024

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Teaching climate change to high school students can be daunting—complex science, data-heavy concepts, and a range of social and economic impacts to consider. But with the right approach, climate change activities, and resources, you can guide your students through this important topic in a meaningful, memorable, and scientific way. 

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How to Effectively Adapt the Experiential Learning Process for Any Age Group

12/2/2024

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The experiential learning process is very specific. So, the experiential learning approach is similar regardless of age group, skill level, subject area, and learning environment. 

My classroom teaching experience is with high school life science students at a small charter school. I am now home with my own young kids and use the same principles of experiential learning with them as I did with my secondary students. This blog post is all about how I do that; how I adapt the experiential learning process to work for all ages.

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15 Fun and Engaging Experiential Holiday Activities for the Classroom

10/22/2024

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Need some experiential learning holiday activities for teens this season? This time of year can get a little crazy, but the energy that leads up to this string of holidays and the impending break can be a good thing if channeled in the right way. I engage students in experiential holiday activities for the classroom that are fitting for the time of year.

Yes, this time of year can be a little chaotic, but it is also one of my favorite times of year in my high school classroom and home learning environment with my own children.

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The Experiential Learning Cycle: How to Turn Theory into Practical and Meaningful Learning Activities

9/23/2024

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Hey there! Let’s chat about something we all want but sometimes struggle to put into practice: experiential learning. It’s an amazing approach that, when done right, transforms the learning experience. But the big question is: How do we move it from the land of theory into our actual teaching day?

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Why I Don't Give My Students Worksheets and What I Do Instead

8/26/2024

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Are worksheets good or bad? Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but no worksheets is my class motto. See why I don't use worksheets and what I do instead. Find free worksheet alternative inside.
Are worksheets good or bad? That is the question.

For those of you that follow my blog closely you have probably formulated a guess as to my answer to this question. I'm going to start by saying that I don't think worksheets are "bad". I believe that they have a place in this world, but in very very very very very small doses. There are ample alternatives to worksheets, and I hope you'll consider them.

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Everything You Need to Launch Experiential Learning Today

8/9/2024

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What are examples of experiential learning? Take a look at these experiential learning activities and tools to launch experiential activities in your classroom today.
I have had many people reach out over the past few months asking about experiential learning in k-12 classrooms. What is experiential learning? What is an example of experiential learning? Where can I get experiential learning activities? How do you use experiential learning in the classroom?

I have even had educators reach out that are in the process of starting experiential schools. That is really exciting, and from what I'm gathering, also a little scary and chaotic for these educators.

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Experiential Learning Importance: 9 Benefits of Experiential Learning in Classrooms and Homeschools

8/7/2024

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Why is experiential learning important? What are the benefits of experiential learning? Why bother spending the time to learn a new teaching style? I can promise you from experience, it's worth looking into!

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10 Experiential Classroom Community-Building Activities to Start the Year Off Strong

7/18/2024

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I pride myself in creating classroom community in my experiential learning high school that is strong, positive, and trusting. 

I don't claim to be fantastic at everything related to experiential learning, but I place priority on creating community in the classroom from day 1 of the learning year because it plays such an important roll in the experience as a whole. ​

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