Seasons of play : natural environments of wonder / Rusty Keeler.
Material type: TextPublisher: Lewisville, NC : Gryphon House, Inc., [2016]Description: ix, 202 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:- 9780876596128
- 087659612X
- GV425 .K44 2016
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection | SB55 .K44 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39352800174260 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The children and the yards. The Seed Center : Summer ; Autumn ; Winter ; Spring ; Summer again ; Seed Center yard plan -- Corner of the Sky : Summer ; Autumn ; Winter ; Spring ; Corder of the Sky yard plan -- LittleLeaf : Winter ; LitteLeaf yard plan.
Construction projects and resources. Constructed projects : Straw bales -- Sandpit -- Plant hideout.
The author of this book started by taking pictures, lots of them. He visited home-based preschools with a strong nature-play program and photographed the kids at play, showing the ways they used trees, rocks, sand, leaves, flowers, and other elements of the landscape. He spoke with the director of each school about how their play yard design provided opportunities for learning. The result is a book that shows us how to create the conditions for real-life outdoor learning in preschools and home gardens. (Miller Library Staff)
Recent research has drawn the link between children's brain development and time spent in the natural environment. In Seasons of Play, Rusty Keeler takes readers on a photographic journey through real child care centers that have embraced his philosophy that natural play space create new opportunities for children to learn and develop. By saying "no" to cookie-cutter care environments, caregivers say "yes" to children's natural tendencies to explore and adapt their play space to suit their imaginations. Looking into natural play environments at actual child care centers, readers will be inspired to create their own outdoor play areas, regardless of location, Keeler's own drawings help readers see just how doable an interactive and engaging natural play space can be - and it can change with the seasons!