‘Teaching the Natural World’ in Appalachian Voices

Muddy Sneakers is featured in a new article in Appalachian Voices by Molly Moore, “Teaching the Natural World.“:

It’s 9:30 a.m., and the sun has yet to offer its full warmth to the fifth-grade class clustered along the bank of the North Toe River in Spruce Pine, N.C. Several students warily eye the chilly current and one girl pulls her arms into her sweatshirt, insulating herself from the cool morning.   Continue reading at appvoices.org »