Nature Kindergartens
A book review
Nature Kindergartens sound like fun; children spend most of the time outdoors every day. Explore Claire Warden’s thorough thoughts on nature’s gift to children and Niki Buchan’s photos of children deeply engrossed in the myriad activities of nature.

Nature’s Playground: Activities, Crafts and Games to Encourage Children to Get Outdoors
Fiona Danks and Jo Schofield
This book, with its practical text and gorgeous colour photos, will inspire parents and teachers to engage children with the great outdoors in all seasons and weather.

Nurturing children's biophilia
Randy White and Vicki L. Stoecklin
When it comes to environmental education, the best learning environments are informal and naturalistic outdoor nature-scapes where children have unmediated opportunities for adventure and self-initiated play, exploration and discovery.

Exploration of nature: Critical to child development
Helen Huleatt

All children are eager to connect with nature; given a chance, they develop a strong love for the earth and everything upon it. Their senses are wide open to the great and the small – as children watch moon and stars, they are awed to catch a glimpse of our planet’s place in the universe, while tiny creatures and objects grip their imaginations too.

Bark Boat
Make a simple little boat with a leaf sail. Take a trip to your playground and collect lots of leaves, twigs and pieces of bark.

Bird feeders
Winter is the best time to feed the birds. Here are a few ideas of how you can construct your own simple feeders to hang on a tree near your window. Then watch the fun as your feathered friends come to feast!

Grass in a pan
Have you ever tried planting real grass indoors? I do this with my Kindergarten class every year and it’s one of our most exciting projects. Seeing the first green grass of spring is always exciting. And to plant it yourself and watch it grow—that’s even better!