Children in Nature July
My day job during the summer is being the head teacher at an outdoor, nature summer camp. I work with the three, four, and five year olds and am blessed…
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August 6, 2018
Children in Nature for June
People familiar with the format of my monthly Children in Nature column know that I try to give an overview of some of the natural events, rhythms and material conditions…
June 24, 2018
April 2018 Children in Nature
Mary Holland in her essential book for New England naturalists, Naturally Curious, describes April as the month of transformations. The earth thaws and the world begins to turn green. Birds…
April 17, 2018
All in A Day
All in a Day , written by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Nikki McClure, with a simple, beautiful text and evocative, expressive illustrations gives us a sense of the expansive,…
March 25, 2018
Wonder
When I began to write this short essay on wonder and childhood, I think I imagined a homily to the childlike sense of wonder and an indictment of the forces of…
March 25, 2018