Episode 53: Billie Jo Reid – Learning to be curious

Billie Jo is an outdoor educator with the Peel District School Board. Before the pandemic, Billie Jo was teaching in person at local field centres. Now she is bringing nature journaling to children of all age groups, inventing creative ways to connect students with nature through the virtual classroom.

Listen to hear more about:

• Billie Jo’s early nature experiences.
• The winding road to how Billie Jo become an outdoor educator.
• Billie Jo’s work with the Peel District School Board, what her days looked like, pre-covid, running field centre trips with schools.
• The joys and challenges of creatively engaging virtual classes during covid times.
• How Billie Jo came to nature journaling.
• The Nature Journaling Educators Forum and the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Teacher’s Conference.
• Being a nature journaling beginner and learning along with the students.
• The flexibility of nature journaling to meet students wherever they are.
• Tips on teaching nature journaling when you’re a beginner yourself.
• The two triads of nature journaling: Words, pictures & numbers; I notice…I wonder…It reminds me of…
   

To  explore all the online resources Billie Jo and the Peel District School Board have been creating, visit their website: https://sites.google.com/view/pdsblearningnaturally.

If you are interested in joining John Muir Laws and the community for the Nature Journal Educator's Forum, you can find the details on the community calendar on Jack's website here: https://johnmuirlaws.com/events/category/jml/

Find Billie Jo on instagram here: @billiejooutdoors.

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