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Advantages of Nature Education
January 19, 2007
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
-Albert Einstein
-Albert Einstein
- By exposing children to nature, we’re giving them a gift of a faithful, life-long friend.
- It provides life-changing, shaping memories.
- It offers a sense of peace and reconnecting to nature.
- Nature has a therapeutic quality �" it is calming.
- The natural world supports the development of caring, pro-social behavior.
- How we relate to nature gives us lessons about how we relate to each other.
- It can serve as a force for change, for peace.
- It fosters self-regulation and learning.
- Nature develops understanding of oneself.
- It brings out the best in children.
- Nature helps children with disabilities, particularly those with sensory integration deficit.
- Children’s pretend play outdoors in natural settings tends to be more complex/therapeutic than indoors.
- Play and interaction with the natural environment and materials helps develop cognitive, social, and emotional skills.
- Nature is crucial for total development of the whole child, regardless of stage, ability, or problem.
- Nature education is crucial for preserving of culture, community, learning, healthy being, and world habitat.
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Comments (2)
Displaying All 2 CommentsDiscovery Children's Centre Inc.
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
We are in the process of turning a entirely open field of grass (old school ground) into an adventure playground. Two years ago we never used the field as there was nothing to do. Today it sports a sand digging pit, a dirt digging pit, a fire pit (yes we have already had about 15 campfires with the children in the middle of a major city), a garden, a compost heap, a tall grass prairie area, a lasagna garden, a hill with a tunnel, and about 50 trees doing their best to grow up. Last summer my assistant happened across a crying 5 year old in the hall. When asked what was wrong he complained that the staff were making him go out to play in the front yeard (which sports over $50,000 worth of commercial playstructures etc. and he wanted to go out to the Adventure Playground. Doesn't that just say it all.
Last fall we brought in 7 hay bales and they created more excitement and exploration than you can imagine.
We have 2 short (5-6 minutes) DVD presentations on our adventure playgound that a staff put to music, and plan to bring them to the World Forum in Malaysia as well as a photo album. The DVD's are quiet inspirational. Perhaps they would be of use or could be on display at the conference. Thanks for the daily inspirations.
Mississauga, Ontario, United States
It's amazing to see young chilren connected to nature.
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