{"id":1510,"date":"2020-03-29T12:48:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T12:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/?page_id=1510"},"modified":"2024-01-11T09:19:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T09:19:06","slug":"introduction-to-literacy-out-of-the-box-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/introduction-to-literacy-out-of-the-box-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Literacy Out of the Box Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Learning Outdoors Support Team has identified a number of books with a strong environmental message and which lend themselves to exploring the outdoors. We have created Interdisciplinary Learning (<strong>IDL<\/strong>) resources to support learning around the themes raised by the books.<\/p>\n<p>The books are widely available.\u00a0 Where possible we provide links to information about the authors and films related to the books.<\/p>\n<p>You do not need to read the books to complete many of the activities.<\/p>\n<p>Have fun and explore!<\/p>\n<p>An Early Level resource has materials to support learning both on<strong> The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/the-owl-who-was-afraid-of-the-dark-introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark &#8211; An Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/the-owl-who-was-afraid-of-the-dark-activities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark &#8211; Activities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/uploads\/sites\/11891\/2020\/04\/29122239\/Mind-Map-Owl.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark Mind Map<\/a><\/p>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;re Going on a Bear Hunt<\/strong> by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/were-going-on-a-bear-hunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We&#8217;re Going on a Bear Hunt<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Woo in the Wild Woods by Greta Yorke &#8211;<\/strong> aimed at readers working at Early and First Levels<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/the-woo-in-the-wild-woods-an-introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Woo in the Wild Woods &#8211; An Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/the-woo-in-the-wild-woods-activities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Woo in the Wild Woods &#8211; Activities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Pirates Turned the Tide <\/strong>by Greta Yorke &#8211; aimed at readers working at First Level<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/how-the-pirates-turned-the-tide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How the Pirates Turned the Tide Activities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Wilderness War\u00a0<\/strong>by Julia Green &#8211; aimed at readers working at First Level<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/the-wilderness-war-introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Wilderness War &#8211; An Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/the-wilderness-war-activities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Wilderness War &#8211; Activities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wolf Brother<\/strong> by Michelle Paver \u2013 aimed at readers working at Second Level<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wolf-brother\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wolf Brother &#8211; An Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wolf-brother-activities\/\">Wolf Brother Activities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Horton Hears a Who! by Dr Seuss &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>aimed at readers working at Early to Second Level<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/horton-hears-a-who-introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Horton Hears a Who! &#8211; An Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/horton-hears-a-who-activities\/\">Horton Hears a Who! &#8211; Activities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Lorax by Dr Seuss &#8211; <\/strong>aimed at readers working at Early to Second Level<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/the-lorax-introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Lorax &#8211; An Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/the-lorax-activities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Lorax &#8211; Activities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Learning Outdoors Support Team has identified a number of books with a strong environmental message and which lend themselves to exploring the outdoors. 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The books are widely available.\u00a0 Where possible we provide links to information about the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/introduction-to-literacy-out-of-the-box-resources\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Introduction to Literacy Out of the Box Resources<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20798,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1510","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20798"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1510"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8596,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1510\/revisions\/8596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}