Vol. VII, No. 7, October/November/December 2008
- Nebraska Early Childhood Training Center Publishes Nature Learning Guidelines
- Ergonomics and the Child Care Environment
- Children's Biophilia
- Reducing Pesticide Exposure in Child Care Centers
- Recognizing Centers and Schools that Reduce Children's Health Risks
- Eco Elvis to Perform at Institute on Creating Sustainable Environments
- Nature Improves Concentration for Children with ADHD
- Why Choose White Hutchinson to Master Plan Your Play Yard Renovation?
- Thinking Outside the Sandbox Is More than Child's Play
- Thirty Years at the NAEYC Annual Conference
- Toxic Air and America's Schools
- Recent Projects
Children's Biophilia
Our latest article, written for Community Playthings, is Nurturing Children's Biophilia: Devlopmentally Appropriate Environmental Education for Young Children. The article was just published on our website and the Collage newsletter, www.communityplaythings.com/mailing/collage/currentcollage.html. Biophilia (love of living systems), first introduced and popularized by Edward Wilson in his 1984 book, Biophilia, refers to human's innate, genetically predisposed tendency to explore and bond with the natural world. For biophilia to develop, however, children must be given developmentally appropriate opportunities to learn about the natural world, based on sound principles of child development and learning. Children's biophilia becomes the foundation for later positive environmental values and behaviors now essential to preserving our environment. You can read the article here.
Vol. VII, No. 7, October/November/December 2008
- Nebraska Early Childhood Training Center Publishes Nature Learning Guidelines
- Ergonomics and the Child Care Environment
- Children's Biophilia
- Reducing Pesticide Exposure in Child Care Centers
- Recognizing Centers and Schools that Reduce Children's Health Risks
- Eco Elvis to Perform at Institute on Creating Sustainable Environments
- Nature Improves Concentration for Children with ADHD
- Why Choose White Hutchinson to Master Plan Your Play Yard Renovation?
- Thinking Outside the Sandbox Is More than Child's Play
- Thirty Years at the NAEYC Annual Conference
- Toxic Air and America's Schools
- Recent Projects