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REVIEW: Nature Play – Take Childhood Back documentary
Do we need another film about connecting children to nature? There’s Play Again, Nature Kids, Project Wild Thing, The Land, and some others I am sure. Will yet another film lead us in the direction we hope for our kids? … Continue reading
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Wednesday photo of the week: tree swing
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Wednesday photo of the week: creek exploring
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Wednesday photo of the week: children at nature play
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Wednesday photo of the week: a new vantage point
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BOOK REVIEW: Let Your Kids Go Wild Outside
Full of abundant information on habitats, flora and fauna, and nature exploration, this guide to outdoor activities refreshes with it’s plethora of photographs and enthusiasm about all manner of topics related to nature (I especially appreciate the section on famous … Continue reading
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Monday thought of the week: a new vantage point
A thought: Children experience a unique perspective and freedom when they can climb up and look out on the world from a new vantage point. – Gever Tulley, author of Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do), from … Continue reading
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Wednesday photo of the week: upward
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Monday thought of the week: let my kids be kids
A thought: … I respectfully ask that you let my kids be kids. – Julie Walsh Holcombe, in an open letter to a guard or teacher who told her sons not to climb trees and go home after school hours. Check … Continue reading
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