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The movement to connect young children with nature continues to grow. Many excellent resources and guidlines explain the what and the why of early childhood environmental education, but the guidlines aren't enough. You also need the how- and that's what this book is all about. Learning is in Bloom offers 40 hands-on activities to help children connect with nature. Discover ways to nurture their curiosity, wonder, awareness, excitement, and understanding of the world around them. Choose from activities that support learning aout all sorts of habitats, how plants grow, what seeds do, and what…mehr

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The movement to connect young children with nature continues to grow. Many excellent resources and guidlines explain the what and the why of early childhood environmental education, but the guidlines aren't enough. You also need the how- and that's what this book is all about. Learning is in Bloom offers 40 hands-on activities to help children connect with nature. Discover ways to nurture their curiosity, wonder, awareness, excitement, and understanding of the world around them. Choose from activities that support learning aout all sorts of habitats, how plants grow, what seeds do, and what animals need to thrive. Learn how to support: * science investigations * mathmatical thinking * art explorations, and * literacy development -all outdoors!
Autorenporträt
Dr. Ruth Wilson works as an educational consultant and curriculum writer with special expertise in the area of early childhood environmental education and other initiatives in connecting young children with nature. Dr. Wilson recently worked with the Brookfield Zoo in developing their NatureStart professional development program and served as a curriculum writer for California's Education and Environment Initiative. Dr. Wilson also worked with Sesame Street in designing nature education programs and served as an evaluator with the nature preschool at the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center in Milwaukee. Dr. Wilson's career includes working as a classroom teacher in both regular and special education settings and as a teacher educator for over ten years at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.