Experiencing Nature with Young Children

by Alice Sterling Honig

Connecting Children to the Wonder of Nature There's a whole world outdoors waiting to embrace young children--with their curiosity, imagination, and enthusiasm--and to impart its treasures. Experiencing Nature With Young Children invites you to explore this world with children from birth to age 8 in ways that will - Awaken their enjoyment and appreciation of nature - Nurture their emotional development - Enhance their cognitive growth - Spark their creativity - Help them discover how we all--people, animals, plants--are connected - Engage families and communities in preserving nature Along the way, children will learn to love nature and its inhabitants. And in learning to love, they will learn to care--helping to ensure that our natural environment will be well looked-after by the next generation. Part ballad to nature, part irresistible invitation to teachers, this book will awaken and renew your own joy in nature--and move you to experience it with young children.

96 pages, Paperback

Published October 23, 2014

Reviews

[Yycdaisy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short book with ideas for outdoor appreciation. Useful reading lists.

[Monique · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book, although sort of a light read. Lots of first person examples. I've been researching Forest Kindergartens all summer, and have a conservation background, so I have a little bit of a foundational knowledge already which I feel supported this read. If this was my sole introduction to this form of thought when it comes to teaching I don't believe this would have been a very inspirational read however.