Jun 1, 2018
Last Child in the Woods
“The woods were my Ritalin. Nature calmed
me, focused me, and yet excited my senses.”
― Richard
Louv, Last Child in the
Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit
Disorder
“It's a good thing to learn more about
nature in order to share this knowledge with children; it's even
better if the adult and child learn about nature together. And it's
a lot more fun.”
― Richard
Louv, Last Child in the
Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit
Disorder
“Time in nature is not leisure time; it's an
essential investment in our chidlren's health (and also, by the
way, in our own).”
― Richard
Louv, Last Child in the
Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit
Disorder
“One of my students told me that every time
she learns the name of a plant, she feels as if she is meeting
someone new. Giving a name to something is a way of knowing
it.”
― Richard
Louv, Last Child in the
Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit
Disorder
“and old Indian saying: 'It's better to know
one mountain than to climb many.”
― Richard
Louv, Last Child in the
Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit
Disorder
“The physical exercise and emotional
stretching that children enjoy in unorganized play is more varied
and less time-bound than is found in organized sports.
Playtime—especially unstructured, imaginative, exploratory play—is
increasingly recognized as an essential component of wholesome
child development.”
― Richard
Louv, Last Child in the
Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit
Disorder
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