Last child in the woods : saving our children from nature-deficit disorder /
Louv, Richard.
Last child in the woods : saving our children from nature-deficit disorder / Richard Louv. - 1st ed. - Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2005. - x, 323 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
pt. I: The new relationship between children and nature. Gifts of nature -- The third frontier -- The criminalization of natural play -- pt. II: Why the young (and the rest of us) need nature. Climbing the tree of health -- A life of the senses : nature vs. the know-it-all state of mind -- The "eighth intelligence" -- The genius of childhood : how nature nurtures creativity -- Nature-deficit disorder and the restorative environment -- pt. III: The best of intentions: why Johnnie and Jeannie don't play outside anymore. Time and fear -- The bogeyman syndrome redux -- Don't know much about natural history : education as a barrier to nature -- Where will future stewards of nature come from? -- pt. IV: The nature-child reunion. Bringing nature home -- Scared smart : facing the bogeyman -- Telling turtle tales : using nature as a moral teacher -- pt. V: The jungle blackboard. Natural school reform -- Camp revival -- pt. VI: Wonder land : opening the fourth frontier. The education of Judge Thatcher : decriminalizing natural play -- Cities gone wild -- Where the wild things will be : a new back-to-the-land movement -- pt. VII: To be amazed. The spiritual necessity of nature for the young -- Fire and fermentation : building a movement -- While it lasts.
This acclaimed appeal for “healing the broken bond between our young and nature” is thought-provoking and inspirational reading for all those who work with children. Especially valuable is the simple idea that children’s mental and physical health improve when parents make sure they have time for outdoor play. (Miller Library Staff) In [this book, the author] talks with parents, children, teachers, scientists, religious leaders, child-development researchers, and environmentalists who recognize the threat and offer solutions. [He] shows us an alternative future, one in which parents help their kids experience the natural world more deeply - and find the joy of family connectedness in the process. -Dust jacket.
1565123913 9781565123915
2004066034
Nature--Psychological aspects.
Children and the environment.
BF353.5.N37 / L68 2005
Last child in the woods : saving our children from nature-deficit disorder / Richard Louv. - 1st ed. - Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2005. - x, 323 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
pt. I: The new relationship between children and nature. Gifts of nature -- The third frontier -- The criminalization of natural play -- pt. II: Why the young (and the rest of us) need nature. Climbing the tree of health -- A life of the senses : nature vs. the know-it-all state of mind -- The "eighth intelligence" -- The genius of childhood : how nature nurtures creativity -- Nature-deficit disorder and the restorative environment -- pt. III: The best of intentions: why Johnnie and Jeannie don't play outside anymore. Time and fear -- The bogeyman syndrome redux -- Don't know much about natural history : education as a barrier to nature -- Where will future stewards of nature come from? -- pt. IV: The nature-child reunion. Bringing nature home -- Scared smart : facing the bogeyman -- Telling turtle tales : using nature as a moral teacher -- pt. V: The jungle blackboard. Natural school reform -- Camp revival -- pt. VI: Wonder land : opening the fourth frontier. The education of Judge Thatcher : decriminalizing natural play -- Cities gone wild -- Where the wild things will be : a new back-to-the-land movement -- pt. VII: To be amazed. The spiritual necessity of nature for the young -- Fire and fermentation : building a movement -- While it lasts.
This acclaimed appeal for “healing the broken bond between our young and nature” is thought-provoking and inspirational reading for all those who work with children. Especially valuable is the simple idea that children’s mental and physical health improve when parents make sure they have time for outdoor play. (Miller Library Staff) In [this book, the author] talks with parents, children, teachers, scientists, religious leaders, child-development researchers, and environmentalists who recognize the threat and offer solutions. [He] shows us an alternative future, one in which parents help their kids experience the natural world more deeply - and find the joy of family connectedness in the process. -Dust jacket.
1565123913 9781565123915
2004066034
Nature--Psychological aspects.
Children and the environment.
BF353.5.N37 / L68 2005