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The late Bev Bos, writing in Child Development: A Beginnings Workshop Book describes how “a sense of joy in a children’s center can be quiet, loud, gentle and fun. A sense of joy can be heard, smelled, and tasted when children make the food. It can be muddy and dirty when children work in the garden and when they dig holes.…It can be blue, red, yellow, purple, brown, black and orange when children do art. A sense of joy can be found in the aching tiredness at the end of the day for children, teachers, and parents who have spent their day together.”

And in her book, The Goodness of Rain, Ann Pelo explains how educators can help children cultivate a sense of joy in deep explorations of the natural world. She includes a poem by Scott Russell Sanders that speaks to the way nature stirs joy in our souls:

“One Wild Spirit
Every blade of grass, every grasshopper,
every sparrow and twig
courses with a wild energy.
The same energy pours through me.
I rock slightly with the
slow pulse of my heart...
My breath and the clouds ride the same wind.”

"Reading The Goodness of Rain made my heart soar. With her beautiful descriptions of guiding young Dylan into seeing the details of the natural world around her, Ann Pelo offers us a clear picture of how we can offer children a strong sense of place in their upbringing." – Margie Carter Join author Ann Pelo on her year-long journey as she nurtures the ecological identity of a toddler and discovers for herself what it means to live in relationship with the natural world.

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