Monday, February 5, 2007

Bringing the Outdoors to the Next Generation of Kids

In Jackson Tennessee, a first-grade teacher brought the outdoors into her classroom. "With the lights turned out in the classroom, students were able to act out the story, "Let's Camp Out," in the classroom last week... Drew Tyson, liked roasting the marshmallows during class, but his favorite story in class wasn't "Let's Camp Out;" it was a book about snakes..." read more


On a related note, see the book, Last Child In The Woods Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv in our online store.

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