A Blog Post for McGraw Hill — When we provide students with opportunities to explore their outside environment in concert with their inner world, they are able to discover new life skills and hone existing ones in a context with fewer distractions and barriers. Social-Emotional Explorations in the Outdoors By Skylar Primm, 6–12 Environmental Educatormedium.com This piece was originally published on April 21, 2021.

A Blog Post for McGraw Hill Maintaining My Energy by Focusing on the Students By Skylar Primm, 6–12 Environmental Educatormedium.com This post was originally published on May 30, 2022.

A Blog Post for McGraw Hill — Restorative Justice in the Classroom By Skylar Primm, 6–12 Environmental Educatormedium.com A mindset isn’t an end point to reach, it’s a balance to maintain. This piece was originally published on June 9, 2021. (Though I wrote it much earlier!)

A Blog Post for the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin — Snapshot Wisconsin Brings Wildlife to the Classroom - Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin At High Marq Environmental Charter School in Montello, our curriculum is project- and place-based, with an emphasis on…www.wisconservation.org This piece was originally published on April 28, 2021.

A Blog Post for McGraw Hill — Each school, no matter how much concrete and asphalt surrounds it, has some patch of outdoor space that could be utilized by a creative, adventurous teacher. Why Teaching Outside Builds an Ecosystem of Community and Collaboration By Skylar Primm, 7–12 Environmental Educatormedium.com This piece was originally published on November 19, 2019.

A Blog Post for McGraw-Hill — The songs of robins and red-winged blackbirds, the green shoots poking through the dirt, and certainly the later sunsets all help me to remember that this, too, shall pass, and that at some point I will be back in the classroom with my students. Finding Comfort in the Rhythms of Nature What We Can Learn from Spending Time Outdoorsmedium.com This piece was originally published on April 15, 2020.

A Blog Post for McGraw-Hill — The bedrock underlying everything we do at school is, in a word, relationships. This remains true whether we are in the same room together or interacting exclusively through our screens. Teaching During the Pandemic Has Filled Me with More Purpose Than Ever By Skylar Primm, 6–12 Environmental Educatormedium.com This piece was originally published on August 17, 2020.

A Blog Post for McGraw-Hill — Face-to-face learning is demonstrably better for most students, but it’s also much less safe than remote learning. Remote learning is a safe alternative, but it’s inequitable, especially in rural school districts like mine. Parents need to work, and kids need to eat. Every answer brings more questions. Focusing on My Circles of Concern Reflections on Teaching During the Fall of 2020medium.com