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Nature play at home : creating outdoor spaces that connect children with the natural world / Nancy Striniste ; illustrations by Jennifer Ren.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781604698251 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 255 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2019.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Arranging spaces -- Awakening senses -- Challenging bodies -- Inviting nature -- Inspiring imagination -- Building confidence -- Creating comfort -- Taking action. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Outdoor recreation for children. Nature study. Play. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | 796.083 Str | 31681010145399 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
- Book News
Striniste, a landscape designer and early childhood educator, offers a guide to help parents bring nature play into their children's lives and create outdoor play spaces. She explains how to arrange spaces, awaken children's senses, encourage children to use their bodies and be physical, surround them with plants and welcome wildlife into the space, inspire childrenâs imagination, and fit play into the landscape and make it engaging. She includes do-it-yourself projects and recommendations of plants in each chapter. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com) - Grand Central PubNature Play at Home is a hardworking and inspiring guide filled with ideas for incorporating natural materials and play structures into your yard to get your kids outside exploring and learning.
- Grand Central PubâA magnificent resource for transforming backyards into stimulating environments which enhance childrenâs creativity, learning, and fun.â âRichard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods, The Nature Principle, and Vitamin N
Access to technology has created a generation of children who are more plugged in than ever beforeâoften with negative consequences. But there is a solution. Unrestricted outdoor play helps reduce stress, improve health, and enhance creativity, learning, and attention span. In Nature Play at Home, Nancy Striniste gives you the tools you need to make outdoor adventures possible in your own backyard. With hundreds of inspiring ideas and illustrated, step-by-step projects, this hardworking book details how to create playspaces that use natural materialsâlike logs, boulders, sand, water, and plants of all kinds. Projects include hillside slides, seating circles, sand pits, and more. - Workman Press.'A magnificent resource for transforming backyards into stimulating environments which enhance children's creativity, learning, and fun.' 'Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods, The Nature Principle, and Vitamin N
Access to technology has created a generation of children who are more plugged in than ever before'often with negative consequences. But there is a solution. Unrestricted outdoor play helps reduce stress, improve health, and enhance creativity, learning, and attention span. In Nature Play at Home, Nancy Striniste gives you the tools you need to make outdoor adventures possible in your own backyard. With hundreds of inspiring ideas and illustrated, step-by-step projects, this hardworking book details how to create playspaces that use natural materials'like logs, boulders, sand, water, and plants of all kinds. Projects include hillside slides, seating circles, sand pits, and more.
