Published Articles on Child Care and Children's Learning & Play Environments

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Articles by Randy White and Vicki L. Stoecklin

  1. Children's Outdoor Play & Learning Environments: Returning to Nature, Early Childhood News, March/April 1997
  2. Creating Outdoor Play and Learning Environments, IPA, USA Newsletter, Issue No. 50, November 1997.
  3. Designing Quality Facilities, Newsbreak Region IV, Head Start, Chapel Hill, NC, February 1998.
  4. Designing Quality Child Care Facilities, Head Start Zero to Three Web Site @ <http://www.ehsnrc.org>
  5. Multi-Cultural Dimensions of a Children's Play & Discovery Center in Arabia.
  6. A Children's Play Center in Arabia
  7. The Great 35 Square Foot Myth
  8. Nurturing Children's Biophilia: Developmentally Appropriate Environmental Education for Young Children

Articles by Vicki L. Stoecklin, Education & Child Development Director

  1. Day Care for All Children, Nancy Gaumer, (et al), Springfield, IL: Office of Child Development, Department of Children and Family Services, edited 1990.
  2. Report on Child Day Care, Springfield, IL: Office of Child Development, Department of Children and Family Services, 1991.
  3. Advocating for Young Children with Disabilities, Quarterly Resource, Vol. 8, No. 3, Champaign, IL: Great Lakes Resource Access Project, University of Illinois, Department of Special Education, 1994.
  4. Inclusion Solution: Staff Training Game to Explore the Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in Illinois, Champaign, IL: Great Lakes Resource Access Project, University of Illinois, Department of Special Education, 1994.
  5. Leadership Training to Support Day Care for All Children, Champaign, IL: University of Illinois, Department of Special Education, co-authored 1994.
  6. School-Age Child Care: Technical Assistance Papers, Numbers 1-7. ERIC 299 018.
  7. School-Age Child Care: Technical Assistance Papers, Kentucky, Numbers 1-8.
  8. School-Age Child Care: Meeting Developmental Needs - Video - University of Illinois Film Center, X00096.
  9. School-Age Child Care: Caring Enough - Video - University of Illinois Film Center, X00095.
  10. The Nine-and-Under Niche, FEC Management, IAFEC, September/October 1997.
  11. Understaing the Design Process for Outdoor Play and Learning Environments, 1998
  12. Designing For All Children, 1999
  13. Creating Playgrounds Kids Love
  14. The Role of Culture in Designing Child Care Facilities
  15. Developmentally Appropriate Gardening for Young Children
  16. Creating Environments That Sustain Children, Staff and Our Planet,
    Child Care Information Exchange, July/August 2005.
  17. Creating Outdoor Spaces Kids Love, Professional Connections, National Association of Child Care Professionals, Volume 8, Issue42, 2005.
  18. Creating Environments That Sustain Children, Staff, and Our Planet
  19. Connecting School Age Children To the Natural World: Nurturing our Future Earth Stewards, School-Age NOTES, Vol. XXVII #6, February 2007
  20. Making Mindful Choices for Both Children and Mother Earth - published in Earlychildhood News.
  21. Gardening with Children: My Summers at Beanstalk Children's Garden - published in the 2009 March/April edition of Child Care Information Exchange
  22. Suggestions for Healthy Environmental Choices for Children - November 2009
  23. Creating Healthy, Sustainable Infant and Toddler Environments

Articles by Randy White, CEO

  1. When It Comes to Children's Play, Simplify, Simply, Simplify, Tourist Attractions & Parks, April/May 1995, Vol 25, No 2.
  2. Children's Edutainment Centers: Learning Through Play, IPA Newsletter, IPA/USA American Association for the Child's Right To Play, Issue No 43, February 1996.
  3. Children's Edutainment Centers and Play Gardens, Sproutage, Sprout Scouts, Vol 6, Issue 1, May 1996.
  4. Children's Edutainment Centers: Learning Through Play--Part I, Intercross, Japan, Issue 168, June 1996 (in Japanese).
  5. Children's Edutainment Centers: Learning Through Play--Part II, Intercross, Japan, Issue 169, July 1996 (in Japanese).
  6. After-School Daze, FEC Management, IAFEC, July/August 1997.
  7. Adventure Play Gardens: Sometimes, You Just Gotta Make Mud Pies, Tourist Attractions & Parks, September/October 1997, Vol 27, No 5.
  8. Not Mere Child's Play, Athletic Business, May 1998.
  9. Moving from Biophobia to Biophilia: Developmentally Appropriate Environmental Education for Children.
  10. Nature Buffers Children's Life Stress.
  11. Interaction with Nature during the Middle Years: Its Importance in Children's Development & Nature's Future.
  12. Benefits of Nature for Children.
  13. Young Children's Relationship with Nature: Its Importance to Children's Development & the Earth's Future.
  14. Adults are from Earth; Children are from the Moon: Designing for Children: A Complex Challenge
  15. The Impact of Density and the Definition and Ratio of Activity Centers on Children in Childcare Classrooms

Other Resources

  1. Recommended Resources for the Outdoor Learning Environments from the North Carolina Outdoor Learning Environment Alliance (PDF file).
  2. The Kids Garden - This UK-based website introduces you to the wonders of nature through gardening.  A great resource for articles for both parents and teachers.