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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A collection of training video about naturalistic outdoor learning within nature kindergartens, forest schools and woodland camps, the Outdoor learning: a year at Auchlone collection (presented and narrated by Claire Warden) was filmed on location at Auchlone Nature Kindergarten in Perthshire, Scotland. Claire Warden presents and shares her practice, philosophy and expertise that underpins the award winning Auchlone Nature Kindergarten in Scotland....
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Publisher
Roost Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Packed with garden-based activities that promote science, math, reading, writing, imaginative play, and arts and crafts, The Garden Classroom offers a whole year of outdoor play and learning ideas-however big or small your garden. Every garden offers children a rich, sensory playground, full of interesting things to discover and learn about. There's a whole lot of science happening right before their eyes. The garden can also be a place to develop...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The outdoors is as valuable for babies as it is for older children and this film shows how the close adult can bring the outside world alive for them. Babies are sensory motor learners and outside all their senses are stimulated by the rich source of sensory experiences. Their physical development is advanced because the rich and varied environment motivates them to move their bodies in many ways. The film details development of vision, hearing and...
Author
Publisher
Roost Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"When Ben Hewitt and his wife bought a sprawling acreage of field and forest in northern Vermont, the landscape easily allowed them to envision the self-sustaining family farm they were eager to start. But over the years, the land became so much more than a building site; it became the birthplace of their two sons, the main source of family income and food, and ultimately, both classroom and home for their children. Having opted out of formal education,...
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Publisher
Greystone Kids, Greystone Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"Maybe your school has a playground, gym, computers, and a library. But at this school in a faraway mountain range, things are a little different. There’s a blackboard, some chairs … and not much else. But with the help of an extraordinary teacher and a little imagination, anything is possible! The students in this spirited picture book spend their days drawing dinosaurs outdoors. They draw astounding, spectacular creatures that come...
Author
Publisher
Watkins, an imprint of Watkins Media Limited
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
"The rise of the Forest School movement in recent years is part of a groundswell of concern about the wellbeing of our children, with many media scare stories about child obesity, 'nature deficit disorder' (as described in Last Child in the Woods) and lack of exposure to risk. This woodland adventure book brings the activities and 'learning through nature' ethos of Forest School to the parents of nursery and primary school-age children. It's packed...
Author
Pub. Date
1979
Language
English
Description
RG 144 includes a mixture of materials Louise Chestnut collected about many issues with which she was involved. The materials are from organzations such as Save Our Open Spaces, the Coalition for Optimum Growth, Center for Urban Education,a nd the Arlington Outdoor Education Association and topics such as Gyspy Moth control, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, and the Greathouse Tract Palisades.
Author
Publisher
Redleaf Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Nature-Based Learning for Every Preschool Setting is designed to provide ideas for all early childhood educators ranging from novice to highly experienced in a wide range of ecosystems, including forests, cities, prairies, coastal, urban, and deserts. It includes background information on a range of nature topics, reproducible parent newsletters, sample play-based lesson plans, guidance and health and safety issues related to nature activities, ideas...
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