Books we LOVE

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Last Child in the Woods
By Richard Louv

Raising Good Humans
By Hunter Clarke-Fields

How to Raise a Wild Child
By Scott D. Sampson

Balanced and Barefoot
Angela J. Hanscom

There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather
Linda Åkeson McGurk

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Articles

Nature Play: A Prescription for Healthier Children. 
American Academy of Pediatrics (2020)

Beyond Traditional School Readiness: How Nature Preschools Help Prepare Children for Academic Success
Burgess, Eva; Ernst, Julie International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, v7 n2 p17-33 Spr 2020

Nature-Based Education and Kindergarten Readiness: Nature-Based and Traditional Preschoolers are Equally Prepared for Kindergarten
The International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 6(3), p. 18
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1225659.pdf

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More Resources Found at...

Podcast: The Play Based Learning Podcast

https://www.theforestschoolfoundation.org/research-resources

https://forestschoolassociation.org/reading-list/

https://learningthroughplay.com