Nature-Based Learning for Young Children: Anytime, Anywhere, on Any Budget

by Julie Powers, Sheila Williams Ridge

Nature-Based Learning for Every Preschool Setting is designed to provide ideas for all early childhood educators ranging from novice to highly experienced in a wide range of ecosystems, including forests, cities, prairies, coastal, urban, and deserts. It includes background information on a range of nature topics, reproducible parent newsletters, sample play-based lesson plans, guidance and health and safety issues related to nature activities, ideas for free/inexpensive equipment and materials and for big-ticket items, ideas for family involvement, and connections to early childhood learning standards. Chapters are divided by nature topic, so readers can dip in right away where they want to start exploring.

224 pages, Paperback

Published December 11, 2018

Reviews

[Sheila Ridge]

I'm a bit biased because I was a coauthor, but it has really helpful stuff to get children and families outdoors now!

[Hannah]

I took a lot of helpful ideas to use during homeschooling this year. I like how they emphasize how nature study is really accessible and doesn’t have to be over complicated. I will say I think a lot of these ideas are meant for the classroom and not necessarily a co op or homeschool family.

[Davian]

Excellent book for anytime but especially for these times. I’m not an educator but I have small humans home for the foreseeable future and there is so much useful info. Very accessible and you might end up with mealworms as your class pet