https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq en-us 2020-02-21 23:20:27 UTC 2020-02-21 23:40:56 UTC hello@padlet.com 107842781 https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448886637 Children do better physically and emotionally when they are in green spaces, benefiting from the positive feelings, stress reduction, and attention restoration nature engenders.]]> 2020-02-21 23:21:36 UTC https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448886637 107842781 https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448886936 To describe what many of us believe are the human costs of alienation from nature: diminished use of the senses, a rising rate of myopia, child and adult obesity, Vitamin D deficiency, and other maladies]]> 2020-02-21 23:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448886936 107842781 https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448887135 Experiences in the world appear to offer great benefits to psychological and physical heal and the ability to learn, for children and adults.]]> 2020-02-21 23:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448887135 107842781 https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448887486 One reason for this is the risk-taking inherent in outdoor play, which plays an important role in child development]]> 2020-02-21 23:26:41 UTC https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448887486 107842781 https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448887643 A child's executive function is a better predictor of success in school than IQ- without play it is at risk]]> 2020-02-21 23:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448887643 107842781 https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448887811 If children are given the opportunity to experience nature, even in simple ways, interaction and engagement follow quite naturally]]> 2020-02-21 23:28:51 UTC https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448887811 107842781 https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448888111 When parents rediscover their sense of wonder, so do most kids]]> 2020-02-21 23:30:51 UTC https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448888111 107842781 https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448888250 Any green space will provide some benefit to mental and physical well-being---- it doesn't have to be the wild.]]> 2020-02-21 23:31:46 UTC https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448888250 107842781 https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448888419 It's never too early or too late to teach children or adults to appreciate and connect with the outdoors.]]> 2020-02-21 23:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448888419 107842781 https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448888643 While many schools districts are going toward less physical movement and more testing, a counter trend is growing, toward school gardens, natural play areas, getting their kids out of the classroom.]]> 2020-02-21 23:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448888643 107842781 https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448888813 We need to incorporate nature education and knowledge of its positive benefits into the training that every teacher receives]]> 2020-02-21 23:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448888813 107842781 https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448888976 Programs that infuse education with direct experience, especially in nature, have the greatest impact on children.]]> 2020-02-21 23:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448888976 107842781 https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448889094 We're seeing new appreciation for these issues among parents, educators, pediatricians, mayors and others.]]> 2020-02-21 23:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448889094 107842781 https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448889209 We also see the emergence of biophilic design of our homes and workplaces, reconciliation ecology and human-nature social capital, restorative homes and businesses, eco-psychology and other forms of nature therapy.]]> 2020-02-21 23:37:35 UTC https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448889209 107842781 https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448889478 We see more citizen naturalists, nature-based schools, the Slow Food and simplicity movements, organic gardening, urban agriculture, vanguard ranching, and other forms of new agrarianism]]> 2020-02-21 23:39:07 UTC https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448889478 107842781 https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448889640 there's more hope in the air, if you look for it.]]> 2020-02-21 23:40:05 UTC https://padlet.com/107842781/xgfqv7ng0deq/wish/448889640