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His 2014 book, Nature Play and Learning Places: Creating and Managing Places Where Children Engage with Nature, was written in collaboration with Alan Cooper of the US National Wildlife Federation. This user-friendly text is a resource for stakeholders wanting to both view and consider elements to include in a playscape design.
The Children & Nature Network was created to encourage and support the people and organizations working to reconnect children with nature. The organization provides access to the latest news and research in the field and a peer-to-peer network of researchers and individuals, educators and organizations dedicated to children's health and well-being.
Ranger Rick, originally Ranger Rick's Nature Magazine, [1] is a children's nature magazine that is published by the United States National Wildlife Federation (NWF). [2] The magazine offers feature articles and activities for children ages eight and up to spark their interest in the outdoors and encourage them to become more actively involved in protecting the environment. [2]
The Children & Nature Network was created to encourage and support the people and organizations working to reconnect children with nature. Richard Louv is a co-founder of the Children & Nature Network. The No Child Left Inside Coalition works to get children outside and actively learning. They hope to address the problem of nature-deficit disorder.
Research shows that the mental health effects of nature are positive across all ages. [5] In regards to children, in Denmark there was a study done throughout eighteen years that analyzed the comparison between children ages 0–10 years old that lived in neighborhoods with more green space and children from lower levels of exposure to green space.
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Forest kindergarten is a type of preschool education for children between the ages of three and six that is held almost exclusively outdoors. Whatever the weather, children are encouraged to play, explore and learn in a forest environment. The adult supervision is meant to assist rather than lead.
Richard Louv (born 1949) is an American non-fiction author and journalist.He is best known for his seventh book, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder (first published in 2005 by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill), which investigates the relationship of children and the natural world in current and historical contexts. [2]