Links
Children and Nature Network
This is the national network that was started by Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods, Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder.
‘The Children & Nature Network (C&NN) was created to encourage and support the people and organizations working to reconnect children with nature. C&NN 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.’
Additional links for ideas, research and resources:
Alliance for Childhood www.allianceforchildhood.net/
Childhood Matters radio show on KISS FM 98.1 www.childhoodmatters.org
Children in Nature Collaborative (San Francisco Bay Area) www.cincbayarea.org
Children, Nature and You www.childrennatureandyou.org
Children, Youth and Environments www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/
Empowered by Play: Helping families and teachers protect and promote imaginative play by Geralyn Bywater McLaughlin http://www.empoweredbyplay.org
Every Child has the Right www.persil.com/scrapbook/Default.aspx
Hooked on Nature www.hookedonnature.org
National Institute for Play www.nifplay.org/
Youth Enrichment Strategies www.yesfamilies.org
Zach Pine Nature Sculpture homepage.mac.com/zpine/index.html
Wild Zones at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wild-Zones/149151002883
Video and audio links:
http://www.childrennatureandyou.org/videolinks.html
"Let the wild rumpus begin!"
Did you ever feel your heart leap at that clarion call in Maurice Sendak's
Where the Wild Things Are?
"Let the wild rumpus start!"
Yes, please!
