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Turn off the TV and get outdoors in nature with your family! Being outdoors has many benefits for you and your child, including promoting emotional and physical well-being and encouraging a love of science. Discover lots of fun outdoor activities you can do in your backyard or in the wilderness and read about the healing power of nature.
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Nature Deficit Disorder
"I like to play indoors better 'cause that's where all the electrical outlets are," reports a fourth-grader. Never...
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Take A Hike! (And Discover the Unexpected): Book Recommendations to Inspire a Walk Outdoors
In Edith Pearlman's piece, "Going Nowhere," she details the simple pleasure and unexpected wonders in going for a walk....
Source: Parents' Choice Foundation -
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Beyond a Garden in Every School
I first read Wendell Berry's essay, "Discipline and Hope," in the early 1970s. Nothing I have ever read has had a more...
Source: Center for Ecoliteracy -
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Quotes & Sayings About Children & Nature
Valerie Andrews, A Passion for this Earth "As a child, one has that magical capacity to move among the many eras of the...
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Under the Sun: Best Books for Outdoor Summer Reading
Need some inspiration for sunny summer reading? Here's a list of 18 books that are perfect for reading outside.
Source: Education.com
