A couple weeks ago, Steph, Missy and I met up at a local school ground in the Fraser Valley to brainstorm, plan, develop and trial another one of our curriculum modules. It was a beautiful day here in the lower mainland and we left the park after a long day of planning feeling both content about where we were in this process and energized for the weeks ahead.

This module was so much fun! The idea is to build a park/playground out of recycled material. In the weeks leading up to this meeting, we all collected recycled products from our households, and brought them to the park where we were meeting. We also brought scissors, string, markers, glue, a stapler and a few other materials. We spent some time brainstorming ideas and then got to work in designing our playground. We looked to the school playground we were situated beside for some ideas and structural guidance.

We spent the rest of the morning and afternoon constructing a playground out of recycled materials. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!! The entire time we were designing this playground we shared what was working and what was not. We discussed what we would do differently to ensure all students could participate and how we would utilize this lesson plan in our own classrooms one day.

If I am being completely honest the day had an almost magical feel to it. The weather was glorious and us ladies shared, connected, created, laughed, and dreamed over the deconstruction of empty toilet paper rolls and cardboard cereal boxes. We spent hours creating beside a playground outside of a school where we were gently reminded that we are on the right path. One day soon we all hope to be creating both inside and outside of the classroom with little learners all around.

You can view pictures from our curriculum development that day and the final playground we created below. If you are interested in learning more about the curriculum we have been discussing over the past few weeks be sure to check out our curriculum modules!

– Cas