Bringing the Outside In: Ideas for Creating Nature-Based Classroom Experiences for Young Children offers extraordinary nature-based experiences to encourage educators and young children to bring the natural world into the early childhood classroom.
Each hands-on, open-ended, and sensory oriented experience is designed to spark discovery and imagination; encourage conversations and collaborations; allow young children to develop a sense of wonder and get to know the natural world inch-by-inch and bit-by-bit; and preserve the joys of childhood. Bringing the wonders of nature to children is truly a worthwhile journey.
The Nature-based experiences in this book are arranged in 4 chapters:
Exploring: Develop a deepening care and connection with the natural world as children interact, question, investigate, test, define, and refine their ideas.
Creating: Help children begin to understand the beauty of nature and become familiar with its textures, patterns, and colors.
Thinking: Create exhilarating thinking and understanding experiences for young children to learn.
Sprouting: Learn about ways to bring the wondrous outside world of seeds, plants, and gardens into your classroom.
With over 45 years of experience in the early care and education field and a doctorate in education, Dr. Duncan has extensive experience in working with young children and parents,...
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Jody Martin has 35 years of extensive and diverse experience in the early childhood field. She taught preschool, directed a childcare center and worked at the corporate offices of two...
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