Now in its third edition, this essential guide promotes the holistic development of children by connecting them with nature. It offers advice on how to set up indoor and outdoor nature play spaces as well as encouraging environmentally responsible attitudes, values and behaviour in your early childhood setting. With brand new material on sustainability education, Froebel and nature, children living in urban environments, and much more, this highly accessible book will provide all early years practitioners, teachers and students with a wealth of ideas on how to foster creative play and learning in nature-focused environments while also promoting positive connections with nature.

Autorentext

Ruth Wilson works with the Children and Nature Network as curator of their Research Library. Her primary area of interest in her work as a consultant and writer for the past 25 years has been on connecting young children with nature.

Klappentext

Now in its third edition, Nature and Young Children promotes the holistic development of children by connecting them with nature. It offers practical advice on how to set up indoor and outdoor nature play spaces as well as encouraging environmentally responsible attitudes, values and behaviour in your early childhood setting.

With fully revised chapters in line with recent developments to policy and practice, and brand new material covering Early Childhood Education for Sustainability, the power of pro-nature poetry and philosophical discussions, and children living in urban environments, this book reveals just how important nature play can be in the development of young children.

The user-friendly chapters offer guidance on:

alternative settings for nature-focused programs
culturally sensitive approaches to nature play in early childhood
the role of the adult in nature-based learning
using nature play for cross-curricular learning
environmentally appropriate practices
integrating nature education and peace education
health, safety, and risky play.

Highly accessible, detailed and now extensively updated, Nature and Young Children will provide all early years practitioners, teachers and students with a wealth of ideas on how to foster creative play and learning in nature-focused environments while also encouraging positive connections with nature.

Zusammenfassung
Now in its third edition, Nature and Young Children promotes the holistic development of children by connecting them with nature. It offers practical advice on how to set up indoor and outdoor nature play spaces as well as encouraging environmentally responsible attitudes, values and behaviour in your early childhood setting. With fully revised chapters in line with recent developments to policy and practice, and brand new material covering Early Childhood Education for Sustainability, the power of pro-nature poetry and philosophical discussions, and children living in urban environments, this book reveals just how important nature play can be in the development of young children.The user-friendly chapters offer guidance on:alternative settings for nature-focused programsculturally sensitive approaches to nature play in early childhoodthe role of the adult in nature-based learningusing nature play for cross-curricular learningenvironmentally appropriate practicesintegrating nature education and peace educationhealth, safety, and risky play.Highly accessible, detailed and now extensively updated, Nature and Young Children will provide all early years practitioners, teachers and students with a wealth of ideas on how to foster creative play and learning in nature-focused environments while also encouraging positive connections with nature.

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Introduction