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VT Project Learning Tree

Vermont Project Learning Tree envisions a future where every young person understands, appreciates and loves the natural world, and enjoys spending time outdoors. Our community's future depends on a strong connection between children and the natural world.

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Natural World Wednesdays

July 29, 2014 By vtplt

A group of five year olds gather sticks in the woods in one of Burlington’s City Forests, together they are building shelters. While other children across the city are playing video games, these children are experiencing Natural World Wednesdays with Yvette Mason, Recreation Specialist with Burlington Parks and Recreation. Yvette participated in a Project Learning Tree workshop at the Vermont Parks and Recreation Association Conference in 2011 and since then she has been incorporating PLT activities into her recreation programs in Vermont’s largest city.

“Children are more engaged in activities and work better together when we are spending time in the woods.” said Yvette after another successful after school session in her favorite patch of woods. Yvette uses PLT with her summer programming and well as a special Earth Day—Tree Day celebration in April. PLT is a good tool to use in traditional classroom settings as well as nontraditional ones and helps reach children in new and creative ways.

Filed Under: Classroom Stories, Home Page, Latest News Tagged With: Burlington Parks & Recreation

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Research shows that people who enjoyed meaningful experiences in the outdoors as a child, are able to think critically and act responsibly on behalf of the ecological, social, and economic values of our forests and other natural resources as adults.

VT Project Learning Tree achieves its mission by training educators in Project Learning Tree®, the time-honored environmental education curricula developed by the American Forest Foundation.

VT Project Learning Tree relies on the support of every facet of the community--businesses, individuals and government--to accomplish its mission.

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