Exploring Creativity Through Place-Based Learning - TMO4L Week

As part of Take Me Outside Week, our primary students embraced the outdoors with a creative twist inspired by the book Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis. After reading the story together, students ventured into the forest to find their own “not a stick.”

With imagination as their guide, a simple stick became so much more — “This is not a stick! This is a telescope!” or “This is not a stick! This is a skateboard!”

Through this playful, place-based activity, students connected with nature, practiced creative thinking, and explored how outdoor learning can spark imagination and joy in unexpected ways.