I will try to answer some questions such as, What is play? What is intentional, creative play, and constructive play? Why Play? The types of play? and Nature Education and Outdoor play.
Richard Louv's book about nature, nature-deficit disorder-Nature Principle and the Last Child in the Woods.
Harvard Gardener's Naturalist Intelligence, and E. O. Wilson's Biophilia Hypothesis
Excellent topic choice, especially at a time when schools are using recess time to prepare their classes for standardized tests. Activity releases energy and can refocus us. Besides, physical activity provides opportunities for socialization. We need to be teaching (and in this case, exposing) them to life skills, such as compromise, now. As Jim Fay (coordinator of the Love and Logic Program) says, "Mistakes have price tags. Price tags are small now."
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