Wild play : parenting adventures in the great outdoors / David Sobel.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Brattleboro, Vermont : Green Writers Press, [2017]Description: xix, 227 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 0996267697
- 9780996267694
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's | 796.5 S677 | Available | 33111008905180 | ||||
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Main Library | Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's | 796.5 S677 | Available | 33111009223542 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A trailblazing environmental educator raised his children in the heart of nature. His story shows other parents how they can counter today's pervasive "nature deficit." Updated wtih new essays.
When David Sobel's children,Tara and Eli, were toddlers, he set out to integrate a wide range of nature experiences into their family life, play, and story telling. Blending his passion as a parent with his professional expertise, he created adventures tailored to their developmental stages: cultivating empathy with animals in early childhood, exploring the woods in middle childhood, and devising rites of passage in adolescence.
W il d Play is Sobel's vivid and moving memoir of their journey and an in spiring guide for all parents who seek to help their children bond with the natural world. Through this family's experiences, we observe how free play in nature hones a sense of wonder, provides healthy challenges, and nurtures earth stewardship. "Parents need to support kids' access to independent outdoor play," says Sobel. "Of course they should use judgment, but the benefits outweigh the risks."
Richard Louv's Last Child in the Woods identified the urgent problem of "nature deficit" in today's children, sounding the alarm for parents, educators, and policy-makers. Wild Play is a hopeful response, offering families myriad ways to blaze their own trails.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-223).
"When David Sobel's children were toddlers, he set out to integrate a wide range of nature experiences into their family life, play, and storytelling. Blending his passion as a parent with his professional expertise, he created adventures tailored to their developmental stages: cultivating empathy with animals in early childhood, exploring the woods in middle childhood, and devising rites of passage in adolescence. This book is Sobel's vivid and moving memoir of their journey and an inspiring guide for other parents who seek to help their children bond with the natural world. As we share this family's experiences, we observe how wild play in nature hones a sense of wonder, provides healthy challenges, and nurtures Earth stewardship--and we share Sobel's joy as his children, Eli and Tara, grow into earthbound, grounded young adults."--Publisher's description.
Early childhood in the meadow -- Middle childhood in the forest -- Adolescence on the Rocky Ridge -- Early adulthood in the orchard.