Last weekend, our family met at South Mountains State Park for a hike and picnic and as a time to be together for the holiday weekend. Aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins. It was our (E, the kids and my) first time hiking there. And it isn’t overstating it to say that the mile hike [...]
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Engaged kids are capable of tough hikes
Posted in Children and Nature, Environment, tagged adventurous, children, Environment, Environmental Education, health, Hiking, kids, kids in nature, Nature, Nature Deficit Disorder, No Child Left Inside, outdoors, outside, trails on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Washington Schools Take Lessons Outside
Posted in Children and Nature, Environment, tagged children, education, Environmental Education, kids, kids in nature, Nature, Nature Deficit Disorder, No Child Left Inside, teachers on March 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Washington Area Schools, Including Hollin Meadows, Take Lessons Outside – washingtonpost.com.
Five years ago, a small group of parents sought to create a garden at Hollin Meadows. Now, 14,000 square feet of gardens surround the school, and virtually every classroom has spilled outside.
Students measure worms in math classes and plant peanuts when learning about Virginia history. [...]
Leaf and STEM
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children, education, Environmental Education, Nature, Nature Deficit Disorder, No Child Left Inside, outdoors, outside, science, STEM on February 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Seems like we’ve been hearing nothing but bad news lately. The state of the economy, of course, is front and center for many of us, but our bad news hasn’t been confined to the economy.
We’ve seen bad education news, too. In fact, some of it has been really bad. In December 2008, CMS released results [...]
Posted in Environment, tagged bottled water, Charlotte, children, education, Environment, environmentalism, John Muir, Nature, Sierra Club, sigg on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a link to a presentation I did today for a group of 2nd and 7th graders and their teachers. There’s no audio (and therefore some loss of context for the early slide), but the slides mostly tell the story I think.
Of course, you DID miss out on the volunteer opportunities made available in [...]
Experiential Education is About the Experience
Posted in Environment, tagged children, Environment, experiments, exploration, helicopter parents, kids, Nature, No Child Left Inside, outdoors on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This post was originally published at Eco Child’s play.
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been interviewing wilderness/outdoors educators on their best practices for bringing teenagers into natural environments. In fact, I’m leaving today for I just returned from a wild Wyoming weekend and another round of interviews.
As I was preparing for the trip, I’ve been reviewing footage [...]
Taking the environment out of the ghetto
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children, Eliot, Environmental Education, environmentalism, Galapagos, literature, Muir, Nature, teachers, Thoreau, Wendell Berry, Wordsworth on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
[Andy Lombardo] worked with other US and Galapagos teachers to put together a lesson plan called the “Paradox of Paradise,” which ingeniously injects environmental study into a classic literature survey. Literary staples like Wordsworth, Thoreau, and Eliot will be used to illuminate environmental issues—alongside a ’stations’ approach that will also involve non-fiction, artwork, and protest [...]
BBC: Children Playing Outside Laugh More
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged adventurous, children, confidence, education, kids, Nature, Nature Deficit Disorder, self-motivation on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In fact, it would “not be a bad thing at all” if the recession forced parents to cut back on some of the structured activities, such as extra classes their children are involved in, as this would allow them more time to play, said Dr Tessa Livingstone.
via Children & Nature Network (C&NN).
Her team found the [...]
Stick Inducted Into Toy Hall of Fame – Fresh Greens (usnews.com)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children, Christmas, gifts, kids, Nature, sticks, toys on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Stick Inducted Into Toy Hall of Fame – Fresh Greens (usnews.com).
Here’s a cheap holiday gift idea for you.
I know our kids sure play with them a lot. Rocks should also make the list if they haven’t already.
Muddy Sneakers
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children, education, Environment, Nature, Nature Deficit Disorder, NDD, outdoors, Richard Louv, science on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Essays like this … this is why I howl at the moon so much about this stuff: Muddy Sneakers Blog.
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