Career Essentials

Curriculum Vitae

Professional Learning & Training Record

Why I Teach

MSU Degrees

• Master of Arts in Teaching and Curriculum with a concentration in K-12 Administration

• Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education with minors in Environmental Science, English & Spanish

• MSU College of Education Points of Distinction

Recent Press & Publications

Online Articles & Resources

Genson, M. (2025, June 10). Kids connect with nature in outdoor classroom. C&G Newspapers. Retrieved from https://www.candgnews.com/news/kids-connect-with-nature-in-outdoor-classroom-8502

Ingrained. (2024, February). MSU College of Education. Retrieved from https://edwp.educ.msu.edu/alumni/ingrained/

Integrated Science and Social Studies Curriculum Across Bloomfield Hills Schools. (n.d.). Bloomfield Hills Schools. Retrieved from https://www.bloomfield.org/about-bhs/news-and-spotlights/news-posts-page/~board/district-news/post/integrated-science-and-social-studies-curriculum-across-bloomfield-hills-schools 

Johnson Nature Center launches TreeSchool Preschool! (n.d.). Bloomfield Hills Schools. Retrieved from https://www.bloomfield.org/about-bhs/news-and-spotlights/news-posts-page/~board/district-news/post/johnson-nature-center-launches-treeschool-preschool 

Smith, R. (2023, October 17). TreeSchool: Emergent place-based, outdoor learning. MSU College of Education New Educator. Retrieved from https://education.msu.edu/new-educator/2023/treeschool/

Forever forward: Empowering education’s future leaders. (2023, October 17). MSU College of Education New Educator. Retrieved from https://education.msu.edu/new-educator/2023/forever-forward-legacy/

Drepaul, J. (2022, August 3). Teaching environmental sustainability to K–12 students in Detroit. SEEN Magazine. Retrieved from https://seenthemagazine.com/teaching-environmental-sustainability-to-k-12-students-in-metro-detroit/

Armstrong, J. (2021, June 8). How MSU alumna Brooke Larm brought nature into the classroom. The State News. Retrieved from https://statenews.com/article/2021/06/how-msu-alumn-brooke-larm-brought-nature-into-the-classroom

Larm, B. (2021, March 23). Alumni voice: Let’s learn outdoors. MSU Today. Retrieved from https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2021/alumna-voice-lets-learn-outdoors

Carter, V., Larm, B., & Pringle, R. (n.d.). Taking curriculum outside. Green Schoolyards America. Retrieved from https://www.greenschoolyards.org/curriculum-outside 

Larm, B. (2017, January 20). The art of scientific thinking: Why science is important for early childhood development. Michigan State University Extension. https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/art_of_scientific_thinking_in_early_childhood_development

Shrier, C., & Larm, B. (2016, March 10). Farm and garden activities for preschoolers during spring. Michigan State University Extension. https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/farm_and_garden_activities_for_preschoolers_during_spring 

Journal Articles

Rymanowicz, K., Hetherington, C., & Larm, B. (2020). Planting the seeds for nature-based learning: Impacts of a farm- and nature-based early childhood education program. NAAEE International Journal for Early Childhood Environmental Education, 8(1), 44–63.

Larm, B. (2017). How do plants and animals prepare for winter? Local resources support an outdoor inquiry-based project. Science and Children, 55(2), 62–69. Retrieved from https://my.nsta.org/resource/?id=10.2505/4/sc17_055_02_62

Books and Book Chapters

Sobel, D. (with Larm, B., et al.). (2020). The sky above and the mud below: Lessons from nature preschools and forest kindergartens. Redleaf Press.

Web Publications

Carter, V., Larm, B., & Pringle, R. (n.d.). Taking curriculum outside. Green Schoolyards America. Retrieved from https://www.greenschoolyards.org/curriculum-outside

Evaluation and Impacts

• MSU Tollgate Farm Sprouts Impact Report (Short)

• MSU Tollgate Farm Sprouts Impact Report (Long)