Skoi-Yase Primary School recently installed a story walk around the garden by the outdoor learning classroom. The story walk begins at the entrance by the picnic tables and continues clockwise. The current book selection is “How Did That Get in My Lunchbox?”

The story walk materials and first book were created by the Seneca County Creating Healthy School and Communities (CHSC) Project Director Sara Flack. 

Story walks are an excellent way to support both physical activity and literacy for elementary students on school grounds and throughout the community. Story walks are portable, temporary installations that can be moved and updated with new books. Story walks can also be left outside in all types of weather.

Teachers can utilize the walks as an active stretch break, during recess, or to enhance lessons by developing discussion questions to go along with the book or activities following the reading. The story walks are also available for students and their families to visit outside of normal school hours.