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I Love Dirt!
52 Activities to Help You and Your Kids Discover the Wonders of Nature
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See moreI Love Dirt! presents 52 open-ended activities to help you engage your child in the outdoors. No matter what your location-from a small patch of green in the city to the wide-open meadows of the country-each activity is meant to promote exploration, stimulate imagination, and heighten a child's sense of wonder.
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Oh, what fun a child can have by jumping in mud puddles, collecting bugs and listening to birds! And yet, many children today have become so occupied with TV, computers and video games that unstructured outdoor play is sadly becoming a thing of the past.
I Love Dirt! is a call to parents, educators and caregivers to help children recover one of the great joys of childhood. Through 52 activities, readers will find a wealth of creative ways to actively engage children, ages four to nine, in nature. Each activity presents an open-ended project meant to promote exploration, stimulate imagination and heighten a sense of wonder.
Bug Lullabies challenge kids to use their sense of hearing to pick out insect noises. In Cloud Races, children are engaged in a fun contest to see whose cloud reaches the designated finish line first.
"Help Me Understand" sidebars provide answers to potential questions such as "What's a cloud?" as well as fun science facts, making this a wonderful resource for any adult fostering a child's growth.
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The book by Jennifer Ward receives praise for encouraging meaningful outdoor experiences and nurturing a connection between children and nature through engaging activities. It is described as a valuable resource for parents and educators, offering interactive ways to counteract indoor, sedentary lifestyles with the magic found in nature. Reviewers commend its potential to create shared stories and lasting memories, making it an ideal companion for nature excursions.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781590305355
Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 13 May 2008
Country: United States
Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc
Illustration: 2-COLOR WITH 35 LINE DRAWINGS
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Susie Ghahremani
- Foreword by Richard Louv
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 11.0mm
Width: 139.0mm
Height: 190.0mm
Weight: 209g
Pages: 144
About the Author
Jennifer Ward is the author of numerous children's books, all of which present nature to kids. Her award-winning titles have been featured in magazines such as Ranger Rick, Your Big Backyard, Learning, and Foreword, and she has been interviewed and featured on national television and local radio. She is a regular speaker at conferences and schools across the country, where she instills the importance of literacy and the wonders waiting to be discovered in the natural world.To learn more about the author, Jennifer Ward, visit her website at jenniferwardbooks.com. Susie Ghahremani is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. Her artwork, which combines her love of nature, animals, music and patterns, has appeared in the New York Times, Nickelodeon Magazine, and Martha Stewart Kids, and has recieved illustration awards from American Illustration, the Alternative Pick, and Giant Robot.To learn more about the illustrator, Susie Ghahremani, visit her website at boygirlparty.com.
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