By Richard Louv on March 23rd, 2013
Not long ago I met some dedicated young women who were doing their student teaching at an impressive nature-based preschool. They made it clear that they’d love to pursue careers at similar schools. But they were discouraged about the prospects. Despite growing demand from parents, the number of nature-based preschools remains...
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PEACE LIKE A RIVER: There’s a Time for Hyper-vigilance and a Time to Pay a Different Kind of Attention
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By Richard Louv on April 1st, 2013 Thinking about Newtown. Chased by an unending stampede of 2,000-pound automobiles and 4,000-pound SUVs, we cocoon inside our homes. The assault continues. Unsettling, threatening images charge through the television cable and overwhelm us. Hyper-vigilance trumps mindfulness. Where do we find respite? The poet Wendell Berry offers...
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Young children—even toddlers—are spending more and more time with digital technology. What will it mean for their development?
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Getting Kids Outdoors, the US Fish & Wildlife Service, Michigan Green Schools, Polly’s Planting and Plucking, and local teachers joined together to explore options for creating a unique outdoor landscape project with students. Kim Buntin from Polly's Planting and Plucking led a wonderful tour, sharing tips on getting started with schoolyard habitats that promote outdoor...
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GRAND IDEAS! 21 Great Ways Grandparents and Grandfriends Can Connect Kids to Nature
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By Richard Louv on April 30th, 2013 What’s a grandparent to do? Marti Erickson makes a practice of keeping two collapsible chairs in her car trunk. If she’s having a particularly stressful day, she drives to the closest patch of nature, sits on one of those chairs, and is soothed. She always carries two chairs in the trunk of her car. “My oldest grandchild likes...
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The Academic Value of Place-Based Education and Journeys
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Shannon Shuptrine, Faculty - Elementery News
April 18, 2013
I recently presented to Parent Council about the value of place-based education and student participation in journeys. Even though our school is named “Journeys” School which shows the value the school places on these philosophical underpinnings, it is important for us to revisit and communicate the...
- Miller Van Winkle Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Friends of the Oden Hatchery, MDNR, and Bay Winds Federal Credit UnionWelcome 4th-8th Graders to the FREE 8th Annual Youth Fishing Clinic
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Saturday, May 11, 2013
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9:00 am - 3:00 pm
- Registration from 9 - 9:45
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Oden State Fish Hatchery, US 31, Oden, Michigan (5 Miles East of Petoskey)
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Prizes include: Fly...
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Guided hikes are available Friday, April 26, at Hartwick Pines State Park in Grayling.
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Event includes tree identification clinic, information session and hike through the last old growth forest in the Lower Peninsula.
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Free
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Recreation Passport required for entry.
Click here to download flyer.
Click here to download brochure.
- “Birding by the Seasons”
- Saturday, April 20
- 10 a.m.-noon
- Spring Lake Park in Petoskey
- Field guides and binoculars available
- All ages welcome.
- Pre-register at (231) 347-0991.
- www.landtrust.org
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“He who plants a tree plants a hope.”
- Lucy Larcom
- Lucy Larcom
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