Learning in Nature's Classroom

As a mother and teacher of participants in the excellent program run by Teaching Responsible Earth Education, I was pleased to see Aesha Rasheed's article on the organization ("Classroom Earth," April 17th).

I have attended all of TREE's programs, and I am thrilled to participate in director Sue Brown’s vision for high-quality education in our city.

Yes, children have great fun while learning science. I also enjoy every moment of the programs, because I know that every moment is spent helping my students understand at least a quarter of the state science standards.

This is a tremendous amount of material, thoroughly taught.

While attending, my students are in the skilled hands of the TREE instructors. I believe that every child deserves to participate in TREE’s exciting and highly effective programs.