Experiencing Nature with Young Children: Awakening Delight, Curiosity, and a Sense of Stewardship
- ISBN-10
- 1938113071
- ISBN-13
- 9781938113079
- Category
- Early childhood education
- Pages
- 96
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015
- Author
- Alice Sterling Honig
Description
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.
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