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The Importance of Nature
September 19, 2012
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.
-Lou Holtz
-Lou Holtz
- Studies show links between access to nature and ability to sustain concentration, delay gratification and cope with stressors.
- Ethnographic observations of children's play show that games are more imaginative and creative in natural habitats.
- Play in nature has been found to promote physical agility and social confidence.
- Natural environments tend to encourage play that is gender-neutral or that brings boys and girls together.
- Natural play fosters a deep sense of connectedness to the larger universe of living things.
Exchange Resources on Nature
Exchange has a wide variety of resources on nature. Here are some examples...
- Environments - A Beginnings Workshop Book
- Growing With Nature - Supporting Whole-Child Learning in Outdoor Classrooms
- Heart-Centered Teaching Inspired by Nature
- Learning With Nature Idea Book
- Modelando
- Natural Playscapes
- Learning Moments CD - Outdoor Play
- OOB: Designing and Creating Natural Play Environments
- OOB: Play and the Outdoors: What's New Under the Sun?
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Displaying 1 CommentInternational School of Dakar
Senegal
The first research finding: "Studies show links between access to nature and ability to sustain concentration, delay gratification and cope with stressors." makes me ask if the finding were controlled for SES in the study. It seems to me that many more children who lack access to nature live in extreme urban poverty with an increased number of stressors.
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