"Young children are great scientists," declares Rusty Keeler, in his book, Natural Playscapes: Creating Outdoor Play Environments for the Soul. "As they wonder and create, they are asking the same questions that all scientists ask: 'Why do things live the way they do?' 'Why do they grow the way they do?' 'What is the nature of the universe?' Buckminster Fuller, scientist and architect of the geodesic dome once said, 'Playgrounds should be renamed research environments because that is what children are doing so vigorously. They are finding out how the universe works.' When your children go outside, what do they discover?"
Outdoor Play Environments for the Soul |
You can do it! You can create extraordinary outdoor places for young children without highly complex play contraptions surrounded by a sea of wood chips or gravel… Places for children that tickle the imagination and surprise the senses… Places for young ones of all abilities to discover themselves and the world around them. This magnificent 316-page resource contains close to 500 color photographs and illustrations. |
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Denver, CO, United States
This is why I believe that any program that claims to have a STEM Curriculum must engage in the extensive use of the outdoors. In fact, I believe a program that uses the outdoors in this fashion is, by default, implementing a STEM Curriculum!
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