READING, WRITING, & THINKING THE HUDSON VALLEY

Scenes from the 2010 Summer Institute. (Photo: Julie Cash)

Figuring Out What's Connected in Your Schoolyard

At the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, attendees explored ecosystem concepts. (Photo by Skip Hoover)

Enriching Outdoor Experiences through Reading & Writing

Rich Parisio lead educators on a hike through Mohonk Preserve, with the help of writings by John Burroughs…

Bringing Albany to the Classroom

Schuyler Mansion -- one of several sites participants visited in and around Albany. (Photo: Mark Stewart)

Create an Interpretive "Piece" for Your Place

Scenic Hudson's Susan Hereth and Reed Sparling led a workshop on day one. (Photo: Bill Urbin, National Park…

Bringing Art and the Outdoors Together

Highlands Environmental Research Institute's Matt Shook with day campers at Strawtown Art & Garden whose staff shared techniques. (Photo: Hadley…

Discovering the Farm in Full

Participants explored vegetable fields at the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture. (Photo: Kerri Karvetski, CompanyK Media)

Escaping the Mob at Top Cottage

Susanne Norris, park educator, and parks volunteer Cathy Signa shared FDR's getaway, Top Cottage in Hyde Park, with participants. (Photo: Bill Urbin,…

Framing Place

Attendees got an inside look at painter Frederic Church's home and landscape at Olana State Historic Site. (Photo:…

Use your schoolyard for reading & writing

Participants got outside to read nature-themed poetry and experience creating artist/writer's notebooks. (Photo: Bill Urbin, National Park Service)

Partners

THV: sponsored by National Park Service, Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area, & Hudson River Estuary Program/NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation.

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TEACHING THE HUDSON VALLEY BLOG

Hudson Valley Innovation, From the River to the Skies

Posted by Peter Rottenbucher

on August 23, 2010

Peter Rottenbucher is an intern with the Hudson River Valley Institute at Marist College in Poughkeepsie. He is a History and Spanish double major with a...
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Taking Time

Posted by Steve Stanne, Hudson River Estuary Program, NYS DEC

on August 10, 2010

"Take your time." This advice is so central to interacting with nature, according to Laurie Seeman and Joanna Dickey of the Strawtown Art & Garden Studio in Nyack, that...
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Can't wait to get started

Posted by Shari Robinson, Lewisboro ES, South Salem, NY

on August 05, 2010

As I think about place-based education and my first experience as a participant in the THV institute, three events stand...
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