Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation is very pleased to invite you to our 2020 Virtual Summer Benefit on Monday, July 20, 2020 at 7:30 pm. Please join us on Zoom for a one-hour event featuring Adam Moore, with a filmed message from new Board President Peter Getsinger, and videos of our supporters and sanctuaries. The virtual format [...]
"We need beauty because it makes us ache to be worthy of it." Mary Oliver Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation cares for lands of great natural beauty. Over the past several days, I have reflected upon our role as steward of these lands, and on Mary Oliver’s statement. Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation must ensure that its work [...]
During the week of May 18-22, the Obed Dagget Rd. parking area at Cedar Tree Neck Santuary will be closed for construction improvements. Please use the Taylor Gate Parking lot at the end of Indian Hill Rd. Thank you.
Our Trails Are Open From Executive Director, Adam Moore These lands were given for a purpose—to be sanctuaries. Across the Island, all of the many miles of trails maintained by Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation remain open for the public to use. The trails and sanctuaries will remain open provided that social distancing rules enacted in each [...]
Sheriff's Meadow Foundation encourages parents and grandparents who are caring for young children to embrace the magnificence of nature, but doing so doesn’t have to take place entirely outside. Throughout this newsletter you will find reading recommendations for children of all ages from educators who work with, and support, Sheriff’s Meadow. The following book suggestions [...]
Sheriff’s Meadow Scavenger Hunt Worksheet #1 By Alex O'Brien Materials Needed: Clipboard Sheriff’s Meadow Scavenger Hunt Guide (Pre-K, K and grade 1) Living or Nonliving and Categorizing Activity Living & Nonliving Objects Sorting Mat Optional: Binoculars Objective: The children will be able to identify various items in nature. Additional - encourage them [...]
Materials Needed: Yarn, rope or fabric to tie help identify your tree Tree Observation Journal - Download here For Pre-K-1 For Grades 2-6 Clipboard Pencils Colored Pencils or Crayons Objective: Closely observe a chosen tree over twice a week over a five-week period. Connected Reading Activity: If you are able to get these books, we [...]
We are. Truly. Amazing. Period. By Samantha Look We are an amazing species. And we live on a truly magnificent planet. In this current moment in time it may be difficult to remember these things. But there is no doubt about it. We are. Truly. Amazing. Period. And so right now we must do the [...]
A Remarkable Opportunity to Connect with Nature From Executive Director, Adam Moore Nature features indelibly in all of my fondest childhood memories. I recall standing upon a Block Island breakwater catching a mackerel with my grandfather. I recall catching toads and turtles and finding garnets on rocky ledges. I recall building forts in the woods, [...]
120 Minutes By Alex O'Brien “The best classroom and the richest classroom is roofed only by the sky.” - Margret McMillian, Pioneer of Early Childhood Education As our country, state, and community begins shutting down and the practice of ‘social distancing’ becomes part of our new normal, I was reminded of a recent study out [...]
