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Honoring the Child’s Voice in DesignThis edition of Wonder explores the following Universal Principle for Connecting the World’s Children with Nature:
We believe children’s voices (children’s ideas and adults’ observations of children’s use of space) should be central to the design process.
You can find the complete list of principles in the Environmental Action Kit at worldforumfoundation.org/nature.
In addition to the Universal Principles, the Environmental Action Kit also has helpful information on professional collaborations. There is a section called “The Power of Collaboration: Working Together to Connect Children with Nature” in which messages are shared by leading professionals. Ellen Hall, Director of Boulder Journey School, shares her thoughts on how collaboration creates an informed vision.
“My vision of children and their education has been shaped and re-shaped through myriad conversations with people throughout the world who hold visions of children and children’s education from uniquely fascinating perspectives. These perspectives, gleaned from work in the physical and biological sciences, art and music, architecture and design, etc. have informed my understanding of both outdoor and indoor environments, questions children might ask of these environments, hypotheses they might create and test, theories they might construct, refute, and re-construct, and the many languages through which they might ...