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  • Home
    • What is Mental Health?
    • Cultural Perspectives
    • MHWB Action Plan
  • Nature Education
    • Raccoon Circles
    • Outdoor Learning Locations
    • Winter Fun
  • Gr. K-5
    • Jan. MHWB
    • Gr. 2 - FYBS
    • MH SKILLS
    • Lesson Plans - Stress & Coping Skills
    • Grab & Go Tools
    • Wellness Activities
  • Gr. 6-8
    • Lesson Plans - Stress & Coping Skills
    • Grab & Go Tools
    • Wellness Activities
  • Gr. 9-12
    • Wellness Lessons
    • How to.....
    • Coping Skills & Strategies
  • STAFF
    • How to help?
    • Contacts for help....
    • Digital Technology
    • Training & PD
  • CARE GIVERS
    • Self-Care
    • By Your Side - Tool Kit
    • Contacts for help....
    • Support Resources
    • Digital Technology
  • Contact

Outdoor Learning
Spaces & Places

LSSD - Outdoor Spaces & Places

  • St. Andrews Rectory Museum Grounds
  • Captain Kennedy Gardens
  • Narcisse snake pits
  • Oak Hammock Marsh
  • Albert Beach
  • Fort Whyte
  • Debwendon Trail
  • Winnipeg Beach
  • Birds Hill
  • Interlake area
  • Brokenhead trail
  • Little Lake
  • Selkirk Park
  • Nature walks – River Road
  • Living Prairie Museum
  • Lower Fort Gary
  • Bannock Point
Lake Winnipeg Picture
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Nature-Based Learning.......examples:

  • Nature walks
  • "Forest Friday's"
  • Nature journaling
  • Scavenger hunts
  • Plants observations – Science
  • Cultural traditions – teachings of sweetgrass, sage, cedar, tobacco and how they are harvested
  • Hiking various Manitoba landscapes
  • Collecting insects
  • Outdoor sporting activities
  • Gardening
  • Rock collecting and observations
  • Sounds of nature – mindfulness
  • Animal habitats
  • Arts: Sketching, music/sounds, drumming, dances, acting games, practicing musical instruments in the outdoors
  • Outdoor reading buddies
  • Collecting trash/garbage
  • EAL – getting to know the community (local signs and attractions), developing language with nature
  • Emotional Regulation - grounding with nature
  • Habitat - Bio"Blitz"
  • Habitat - Bingo
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In the spirit of Truth and Reconciliation, we acknowledge that Lord Selkirk School Division is located on Treaty One Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota People and the homeland of the Red River Metis Nation.
We respect the treaties made on this land and acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past and present. We stand committed to building positive relationships rooted in a spirit of genuine reconciliation as we move forward.

For further MHL programming support, please contact:

Heidi Fingas
204-482-4521
​[email protected]







*This website is a personal website of Heidi Fingas, in support of sharing of information and resources that are available online, for free, to the public regarding mental health promotion and mental health literacy. 

​**Further information is available in accessible formats and through communication supports on request by contacting H. Fingas at [email protected].

  • Home
    • What is Mental Health?
    • Cultural Perspectives
    • MHWB Action Plan
  • Nature Education
    • Raccoon Circles
    • Outdoor Learning Locations
    • Winter Fun
  • Gr. K-5
    • Jan. MHWB
    • Gr. 2 - FYBS
    • MH SKILLS
    • Lesson Plans - Stress & Coping Skills
    • Grab & Go Tools
    • Wellness Activities
  • Gr. 6-8
    • Lesson Plans - Stress & Coping Skills
    • Grab & Go Tools
    • Wellness Activities
  • Gr. 9-12
    • Wellness Lessons
    • How to.....
    • Coping Skills & Strategies
  • STAFF
    • How to help?
    • Contacts for help....
    • Digital Technology
    • Training & PD
  • CARE GIVERS
    • Self-Care
    • By Your Side - Tool Kit
    • Contacts for help....
    • Support Resources
    • Digital Technology
  • Contact