Through Climbing, Fishing, and Exploring Colorado’s Parks, Nature-Based Learning Gave Students Hands-On Opportunities to Discover, Connect, and Grow. Written by Cottonwood Institute Field Instructor Carly Winner. Over two field days with two groups from Sims-Fayola, one younger group and one older group, we spent time climbing, fishing, exploring, and enjoying the outdoors together. Nature-based learning… Read more »
Written by Senior Instructor and Associate Director Chelsea Tossing. This week, we traded city sounds for mountain breezes, trout ponds, and surprise pack llama sightings during two days of fishing clinics with the middle school students from Sims-Fayola at Staunton State Park. With rods in hand, students dove into the art of casting, baiting hooks,… Read more »
Written by Field Instructor Ruthie Cartwright. Hands and feet hit the rock wall before names had even been exchanged. Rock climbing, a sport which can often intimidate even the most versatile athletes, was clearly a welcome new adventure to the youth from the Sims-Fayola Foundation. Bodies were flying up the wall, and even clinging to… Read more »
