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Hug a Tree and Other Things to Do Outdoors With Young Children - Softcover

Rockwell, Robert E.

 
9780876591055: Hug a Tree and Other Things to Do Outdoors With Young Children

Synopsis

Suggests projects and activities designed to teach children about observation, ecology, and nature

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About the Author

Dr. Bob Rockwell is a Professor and Program Director of Early Childhood Education (Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville). He has extensive experience as a writer and trainer in science, nutrition, and child development, and parent involvement. Dr. Bob Williams is a Professor of Science Education (Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville). He is currently directing a National Science Foundation grant developing materials on river studies for use by high school students. Elizabeth Sherwood has worked with young children in a variety of early childhood and alternative school settings. She is Coordinator of the AT RISK Pre-Kindergarten Program in Collinsville, Illinois. These three authors have previously co-authored three other books: Everybody Has a Body, Mudpies to Magnets: A Preschool Science Curriculum, and More Mudpies to Magnets.

From the Back Cover

What better gift can we as parents and teachers give this precarious earth than a generation of children who have learned to know and love the natural world? And better still, to help care for, it.

You don't always need a deep dark woods or a sunny meadow to explore nature. Any area that contains a sprinkling of plant life can serve as an outdoor laboratory. Children can learn from living things everywhere.

Each of the learning experiences in Hug A Tree has a suggested age level, a clear description of what will be done, and suggestions for follow-up learning. Special emphasis is placed on using natural environments for learning language, spatial and mathematical relationships, and much more.

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