Nature Play at Home
Creating Outdoor Spaces That Connect Children with the Natural World
Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, Inc., 2019.
Format: Book
Description: 255 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
"A magnificent resource for transforming backyards into stimulating environments which enhance children's creativity, learning, and fun." --Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods , The Nature Principle , and Vitamin N
Access to technology has created a generation of children who are more plugged in than ever before--often with negative consequences. But there is a solution. Unrestricted outdoor play helps reduce stress, improve health, and enhance creativity, learning, and attention span. In Nature Play at Home, Nancy Striniste gives you the tools you need to make outdoor adventures possible in your own backyard. With hundreds of inspiring ideas and illustrated, step-by-step projects, this hardworking book details how to create playspaces that use natural materials--like logs, boulders, sand, water, and plants of all kinds. Projects include hillside slides, seating circles, sand pits, and more.
Access to technology has created a generation of children who are more plugged in than ever before--often with negative consequences. But there is a solution. Unrestricted outdoor play helps reduce stress, improve health, and enhance creativity, learning, and attention span. In Nature Play at Home, Nancy Striniste gives you the tools you need to make outdoor adventures possible in your own backyard. With hundreds of inspiring ideas and illustrated, step-by-step projects, this hardworking book details how to create playspaces that use natural materials--like logs, boulders, sand, water, and plants of all kinds. Projects include hillside slides, seating circles, sand pits, and more.
Contents:
Arranging spaces -- Awakening senses -- Challenging bodies -- Inviting nature -- Inspiring imagination -- Building confidence -- Creating comfort -- Taking action.
ISBN:
9781604698251 (pbk.)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C EDUCATION Homeschool Str | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Education | In |
PARENTING Activities Str | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
PARENTING Activities Str | Ballentine Indoors | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/3/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-242) and index.