Oct 24, 2018
Blog Post: https://insideoutsidemichiana.blogspot.com/2018/10/nature-play-fun-creating-temporary-and.html
Quote:
“Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, water bugs, tadpoles, frogs, mud turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees to climb. Brooks to wade, water lilies, woodchucks, bats, bees, butterflies, various animals to pet, hayfields, pinecones, rocks to roll, sand, snakes, huckleberries and hornets. And any child who has been deprived of these has been deprived of the best part of education.” — Luther Burbank (American horticulturalist and botanist, 1849 – 1926)
Additional Resources:
Tinkergarten activities: https://tinkergarten.com/activities
Interested in becoming a leader? See: http://bit.ly/LoosePartsTG
Nature Play Poster: https://wilderchild.com/nature-play-poster/
Playwork Principles
http://www.playscotland.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/Documents/playwork-principles.pdf
Pop-Up Adventure Play
https://popupadventureplaygrounds.wordpress.com/welcome/free-resources/
Children’s Books for Outdoor Loose Parts Play https://naturalstart.org/sites/default/files/journal/9._loose_parts_book_reviews.pdf
52 Things to Do Outside Before You Grow Up: www.52thingsoutside.org
The Wisdom of Nature
Books (aff links):
Balanced and Barefoot by Angela Hanscom
Children’s Special Places by David Sobel
Deep Nature Play by Joseph Bharat Cornell
Go Wild!: 101 Things to Do Outdoors Before You Grow Up by Fiona Danks and Jo Schofield
Learning is in Bloom: Cultivating Outdoor Explorations by Ruth Wilson
Loose Parts Books by Lisa Daly and Miriam Beglosvky
Nature and Young Children: Encouraging Creative Play and Learning Natural Environments by Ruth Wilson
Playing It Up with Loose Parts, Playpods, and Adventure Playgrounds Joan Almon, Editor
(You can find this as a pdf online if you look around.)
Play the Forest School Way by Jane Worroll and Peter Houghton
Seasons of Play: Natural Environments of Wonder by Rusty Keeler
The Stick Book: Loads of things you can make or do with a stick by Fiona Danks and Jo Schofield