Thank for sharing the article Richard! So much could be improved in our society by including nature in our lives. To realize that we are part of nature would be a great place to start! What mankind does to his surroundings has very long lasting effects. To get close to nature and understand it in a little more detail, could be how we grow out of our ignorance of nature and its great benefit and bearing on our lives. Not to mention it's wonder and endless beauty!
Children and Nature: drawn to Nature, as perhaps most children are, in school I was always looking out the windows for a glimpse….although that was many decades ago and it was a simpler time when I could wander all around my semi-rural neighborhood exploring freely the rest of the time. Nature remains my greatest teacher.
This was my childhood too Naima. I had one 'old maid' of a teacher in the 5th grade who took us on walks about once a month, to take in how the seasons were changing. needless to say she was a favorite! In Junior high I had the good fortune of being in a building that had 3 stories and lots of windows where on a good day I could climb the stairs before class to look out and see Mt. Rainier, and Mt. Adams to the south and at a great distance Mt. Baker and the seldom seen Glacier Peak to the north. I only had one teacher who was interested in this. And she loved hearing about it and promised to look on her break. She was from France! She encourage me to write about the things that interested me.
Thank for sharing the article Richard! So much could be improved in our society by including nature in our lives. To realize that we are part of nature would be a great place to start! What mankind does to his surroundings has very long lasting effects. To get close to nature and understand it in a little more detail, could be how we grow out of our ignorance of nature and its great benefit and bearing on our lives. Not to mention it's wonder and endless beauty!
Children and Nature: drawn to Nature, as perhaps most children are, in school I was always looking out the windows for a glimpse….although that was many decades ago and it was a simpler time when I could wander all around my semi-rural neighborhood exploring freely the rest of the time. Nature remains my greatest teacher.
This was my childhood too Naima. I had one 'old maid' of a teacher in the 5th grade who took us on walks about once a month, to take in how the seasons were changing. needless to say she was a favorite! In Junior high I had the good fortune of being in a building that had 3 stories and lots of windows where on a good day I could climb the stairs before class to look out and see Mt. Rainier, and Mt. Adams to the south and at a great distance Mt. Baker and the seldom seen Glacier Peak to the north. I only had one teacher who was interested in this. And she loved hearing about it and promised to look on her break. She was from France! She encourage me to write about the things that interested me.
Nature remains my greatest teacher as well Naima.
I totally agree, children should all be given good access to nature from an early age.
I've just been out surveying butterflies, and there were bonking beetles everywhere I looked!
I agree with you as well! Nature is so important to learning and curiosity.