Learning outdoors and learning through making traditional crafts was a unique experience for myself, it is not something I have previously done in any pre or post secondary class forms. I think this is a very creative way to incorporate students' backgrounds and to make a classroom (indoors or outdoors) more comfortable and intriguing for students. For a high school math class, this can be extended into pattern recognition and beginner geometry for the lower grade levels.
The other benefits of doing crafts and skills outdoors is the personal connection many students feel from being away from a generic classroom and interacting with the garden and the resources that a learning garden provides.
I found the rope making to be calming and as soon as I understood what I was doing, I didn't have to think about the steps I had to continue to do. I found this very interesting how a repetitive motion with your hands, as in the rope making, can cause you to feel natural while doing it.
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