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News from the Children & Nature Network

GRAND IDEAS! 21 Great Ways Grandparents and Grandfriends Can Connect Kids to Nature May 1, 2013 Richard Louv
ON ANGEL MOUNTAIN: In a Place Beyond Facebook, Time Stops April 28, 2013 Richard Louv
NATURE: A GRANDPARENT’S BEST FRIEND April 28, 2013 Avery Cleary
THE FORESTS WHERE WE LIVE: Six Life & Death Reasons We Need Our City Trees April 19, 2013 Nancy J. Hughes
CHILDREN & NATURE BELONG DOWNTOWN: Let’s Create a New Vision April 16, 2013 Mary Vogel

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For Parents and Mentors

The new edition of Leave No Child Inside--Greater Cincinnati's Grow Outside Guide to Outdoor Play is available on-line. In addition to the original articles on The Child Friendly Backyard, Fun Ideas for Kids and Zip To It listing of parks and greenspaces, the latest edition also includes a section on Nature for All Abilities and an expanded list of resources for parents.

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For Teachers

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Re-thinking the traditional playground

December 13, 2012 lncigc No comments

In response to the growing body of evidence presented in Richard Louv’s Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder, there is wide-spread recognition that children benefit in a variety of ways from unstructured play in a natural setting – not just physically, but also in terms of cognitive development, mental [...]

Camping, Early Education, K-12 Education none

Conserving our Camps for Future Scouts

April 26, 2008 lncigc No comments

On Saturday, April 5, over 75 Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts at the Dan Beard Scout Reservation and over 30 Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts at Camp Michaels learned about conservation while helping our camps at the spring Camp Conservation Day. Hundreds of sapling trees were planted along the banks of the Little Miami River. [...]