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New Nature Rocks Website Offers New Paths to the Outdoors

Hannah Miller wrote 4 days ago: This week, the Nature Rocks program is debuting a new website with a lot more ways to get kids activ … more →

Tags: Cause Marketing, Trends, ecoAmerica News, ecoAmerica, Nature Conservancy, Nature Rocks, Children and Nature Network, children and the outdoors, Environmental Education

SNAPPY HIKE!2 comments

avalonseedlings wrote 5 days ago: Spring is teaming with life and we were lucky enough to be out in the woods of Avalon yesterday!  So … more →

Tags: children and the outdoors, Outdoor education for children, Avalon Park, Avalon Park and Preserve, children outside, exploring pond with children, Exploring the outdoors with Children., Hiking, Inspiration

Link to: Why Parents Should Leave Their Kids Alone (by Jay Griffiths)

Kimberly Beauchamp, ND wrote 6 days ago: Link to: Why Parents Should Leave Their Kids Alone (by Jay Griffiths) Some passages from this wonder … more →

Tags: trusting children, "Helicopter Parents", Ferberisation, children and autonomy, Independent children, what children need to be happy, nurturing independence, Raising Happy Children

Tips for Gardening with Kids

taidinnan wrote 6 days ago: Gardening with kids provides adults with countless learning experiences.  This is part of the joy of … more →

Tags: Home Gardens, Personal Sustainability: How-To, School Gardens, Urban Agriculture, Discovery, empower, Fun, gardening, kids

Supporting Sensory Health in Young Children

Mary Rothschild wrote 1 week ago: Link to YouTube recording of conversation with Cynthia Jaggi of Gatherwell: Grow for Good http://www … more →

Tags: early childhood, Nature, Parents, Rituals, sensory health, Children, Early Childhood Education, Interfaith, Parents

Releasing Bears #3: My Lit Agent's Squirrel Story2 comments

pbhoffmeister wrote 1 week ago: Today, on the pub-date for Let Them Be Eaten By Bears – A Fearless Guide To Taking Our Kids In … more →

Tags: Books, Camping, Childhood, Climbing, Let Them Be Eaten By Bears, pop culture, writing, Adriann Ranta, Going outside

Great Playgrounds

jzika wrote 2 weeks ago: The blossoming of the green world is closely tied to the economy, and as the economy recovers new pl … more →

Tags: Great Nature Places, greening our schools, Playground Adventures, Things you can do!, best playgrounds saint louis, best school playgrounds in saint louis, children and nature connection, citygarden, getting kids outside

Let's get our kids outside.

Andrea McDowell wrote 3 weeks ago: Let’s get our kids outside. A coalition of Ontario organizations, including the Royal Botanica … more →

Tags: Ontario, Richard Louv

What Can We Learn from Creation?3 comments

midwestnaturalist wrote 3 weeks ago: In Psalm 24:1, we’re told, “The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it”. T … more →

Tags: creation care, Education, Religion, spirituality in nature, Calvin B. DeWitt, colossians 1:15-20, Glory, Grace, Henri Nouwen

Decorating Children's Community Gardens

groundswellplot wrote 3 weeks ago: As well as creating new nature friendly environments, biodiversity community gardens are spaces for … more →

Tags: Celebrations in the Garden, Community Gardens

10 Ways to Honor Earth Day4 comments

firefliesandmudpies wrote 4 weeks ago: Are you searching for a simple way to honor Earth Day with your children? Here are 10 ideas to get y … more →

Tags: Arts & Crafts, DIY, Earth Day, Games And Toys, gifts, Green Living, Holidays, imaginative play, learning together

Earth Day at Eagle Marsh1 comment

midwestnaturalist wrote 1 month ago: Earth Day is just around the corner and will be celebrated around the world. But how did it all begi … more →

Tags: Birds 2, Botany, climate change, Corporate Ecology, creation care, Ecology, Education, Environmentalism, gardening

LOOK!!!1 comment

avalonseedlings wrote 1 month ago: Nature hungry, is what comes to mind when I step back and watch these children explore. The earth is … more →

Tags: children and the outdoors, Avalon Park and Preserve, bugs, children outside, Exploring, hiking with kids. hiking with children, observing nature with children, Richard Louv, spring

Eco Tribes Public Education Events

groundswellplot wrote 1 month ago: Each Eco Tribe will work with their local Tidy Towns group to produce a public event. The purpose of … more →

Tags: Biodiversity Gardening Skills, Bee and Butterfly Gardens, Celebrations in Community Gardens, Community Gardens

Outdoor Fun this Spring and Summer!

taidinnan wrote 1 month ago: Every April, the Children and Nature Network runs a “Let’s G.O.! (get outside)” ca … more →

Tags: Engage, Events, Camp, children and nature, From Scratch, kids, Middlebury, oudoor, summer

Dream on and dream big

dirtscapedreaming wrote 1 month ago: Dreaming is the most powerful way of engaging your mind with hope and aspiration. A dream taker is o … more →

Tags: Healing gardens, HOPE, Positivity, Dreamers, aspiration, Philosophy

My New Book Has Been Sent From The Printer5 comments

pbhoffmeister wrote 1 month ago: I just got an email from my agent that her copies of Let Them Be Eaten By Bears – A Fearless G … more →

Tags: Books, Climbing, writing, Childhood, Camping, IOP, Let Them Be Eaten By Bears, Publishing, Editor

A Short and Sweet Week of Sugaring with Students

taidinnan wrote 2 months ago: I learned an incredible amount from coordinating The Somerville Maple Syrup Project, but in the end, … more →

Tags: Personal Sustainability: How-To, Recipes, Trees, tapping, SAP, photos, kids, maple, Syrup

"Eggstravaganza" and "Snake-In-An-Egg"

midwestnaturalist wrote 2 months ago: This Saturday, the Little River Wetlands Project will be holding its annual Eggstravaganza Event, at … more →

Tags: Botany, Recreation, Reptiles, Wetlands, wildlife, clutch, Eagle Marsh, Little River Wetlands, Midwest


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