Resources & Links

Selected Reading:

• Earth Child – Games, Stories, Activities, Experiments & Ideas About Living Lightly on Planet Earth, Kathryn Sheehan and Mary Waidner (Council Oak Books, 1994)
• Kids Guide to Nature Adventures- 80 great Activities by Joe Rhatigan (Lark Books, 2003)
• Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv (Algonquin Books, 2005)
• Natural Learning – Creating Environments for Rediscovering Nature’s Way of Teaching, Robin C. Moore and Herb H Wong (MIG Communications, 1997)
• Natural Playscapes – Creating Outdoor Play Environments for the Soul, Rusty Keeler (Exchange Press, 2009)
• Nature’s Art Box, Laura C. Martin (Storey Publishing, 2003)
• Play and Child Development, Joe Frost, Sue Wortham, & Stuart Reifel (Prentice Hall, 2004)
• Preschool Outdoor Environment Measurement Scale (POEMS), Karen DeBord et al. (Kaplan, 2005)
• Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots, Sharon Lovejoy (Workman Publishing, 1999)
• The Developmental Benefits of Playgrounds, Joe Frost et al. (Association for Childhood Education International, 2004)
• The Great Outdoors: Restoring Children’s Right to Play Outdoors, Mary Rivkin (NAEYC, 1995)
• Watching Nature: A Beginners Field Guide by Monica Russo (Sterling Publishing, 1998)

Links:

• Children & Nature Network (C&NN): www.childrenandnature.org  
• Natural Learning Initiative: www.naturalearning.org
• National Wildlife Federation: www.nwf.org
• Earth Play: www.planetearthplayscapes.com
• Evergreen: www.evergreen.ca/en/
• NC Botanical Garden: www.ncbg.unc.edu
• NC Museum of Natural Science: www.naturalsciences.org
• Cedarsong Nature School: www.cedarsongnatureschool.org