OUTDOOR CLASSROOM SYSTEM AND EARLY LEARNING PODS

Abstract

A portable outdoor classroom system for teachers and students is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of workstations adapted to accommodate the students and teacher in a seating or standing position each workstation including a seating portion and a work desk portion. A blackboard may be included along with one or more shade sail mounted on posts or logs to protect the outdoor classroom system against sun and inclement weather. Also disclose are pre-school early learning pods designed to support early learners with a wider range of developmental needs and abilities. The early learning pods include vertical cluster logs arranged in clusters and combined with whacky support logs, horizontal border logs and other items such as carved log tunnels and carve chair logs to form enclosed or open learning areas.

Description

Claims

1. A portable outdoor classroom system comprising: a plurality of workstations to accommodate at least one student and at least one teacher in a seating or standing position each workstation comprising a cylindrical seating portion and a cylindrical desk portion;wherein the seating portion is removably connectable to the desk portion by a tongue and groove connection.

2. The portable outdoor classroom system of claim 1, further including at least one blackboard.

3. The portable outdoor classroom system according to claim 1, further including at least one shade sail mounted on support logs to protect the outdoor classroom system against sun and inclement weather.

4. The portable outdoor classroom system according to claim 1, further including at least one curriculum cabinet for storage.

5. The portable outdoor classroom system according to claim 1, wherein the seating portion and the desk portion are constructed from wood.

6. The portable outdoor classroom system of claim 5, wherein the wood is wooden logs.

7. The portable outdoor classroom system according to claim 1, wherein the portable outdoor classroom system is configured for conversion into at least one of a climbing structure or a tiered seating structure.

8. An early learning pod system that is self-stabilizing and mountable on a surface plane without breaking the surface plane and without requiring additional anchoring, the early learning pod system comprising: a plurality of vertical cluster logs each vertical cluster log having a predetermined height, a predetermined diameter, a flat top and a flat bottom, wherein the vertical cluster logs are arranged into a plurality of clusters, each cluster including at least two of the vertical cluster logs, wherein the at least two vertical cluster logs in each of the clusters are fastened together such that the flat bottom of each of the at least two vertical cluster logs is on a same horizontal plane, thereby self-stabilizing the cluster without breaking the surface plane or requiring additional anchoring; andat least one horizontal border log removably connectable to at least one of the vertical cluster logs by a tongue and groove connection.

9. The early learning pod system of claim 8, further comprising at least one vertical whacky support log having an angled top surface removably connectable to at least one of the vertical cluster logs by a tongue and groove connection.

10. The early learning pod system of claim 8, wherein the at least one horizontal border log is a plurality of horizontal border logs and wherein the clusters of vertical cluster logs and the horizontal border logs may be arranged to form at least one enclosed space when connected.

11. The early learning pod system of claim 10, further comprising a carved tunnel log forming an entrance to the enclosed space.

12. The early learning pod system according to claim 8 further comprising at least one horizontal half-log connectable to at least one of the vertical cluster logs by a tongue and groove connection.

13. The early learning pod system according to claim 8, further including an amorphous log.

14. The early learning pod system according to claim 8, further including at least one chair log.

15. The early learning pod system according to claim 8, further including at least one mirror.

16. The early learning pod system according to claim 8, wherein the predetermined height of a first one of the at least two vertical cluster logs in each cluster is different than that predetermined height of a second one of the at least two vertical cluster logs.

17. The early learning pod system according to claim 8, wherein the predetermined diameter of a first one of the at least two vertical cluster logs in each cluster is different than the predetermined diameter of a second one of the at least two vertical cluster logs.

18. A method of packing multiple workstations of a portable outdoor classroom system for shipping or storage comprising: connecting a first seat to a first desk of a first workstation by a tongue and groove connection, the first seat having a flat top and a flat bottom and the first desk having a flat top and a flat bottom;connecting a second seat to a second desk of a second workstation by a tongue and groove connection, the second seat having a fat top and a flat bottom; and arranging the first workstation and the second workstation so that the top of the first seat of the first workstation rests on the top of the second seat of the second workstation and the bottom of the second seat of the second workstation is on a same horizontal plane as the top of the first desk of the first workstation.