There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child.
~Frank A. Clark
~Frank A. Clark
Some useful reads:
books packed with ideas for activities:
The Stick Book
by Jo Scofield and Fiona Danks
Natures Playground
by Jo Scofield and Fiona Danks
Make it Wild
by Jo Scofield and Fiona Danks
Run Wild
by Jo Scofield and Fiona Danks
Go Wild
by Jo Scofield and Fiona Danks
Earth, Water, Fire an Air, playful explorations in the four elements
Walter Kraul
I love Dirt
Jennifer Ward
How to Grow a School Garden
Buklin-Sporer and Pringle
Asphalt to Ecosystems
Sharon Gamson Danks
Artists working with natural materials:
Natural
Mark Pouyet
Any of the many
books by Andy Goldsworthy
Silent Spaces
Chris Drury
Walking the Line
Ricard Long
Childrens story / picture books:
Not A Stick
Antionette Portis
Leaf Man
Lois Ehlert
A Little Guide to Trees
Charlotte Voake
A Little Guide to Wild Flowers
Charlotte Voake
Insect Detective
Charlotte Voake
Ask Me
Antje Damm
Books exploring theories and ideas around childhood, creativity, risk and nature:
Last Child in the Woods
Richard ouv
Playing and Learning Outdoors
Jan White
Children Learning Outside the Classroom from birth to eleven
Sue Waite
Toxic Childhood
Sue Palmer
No Fear, Growing up in a Risk Adverse Society
Tim Gill
Books exploring children, creativity and play:
Everything Has a Shadow Except Ants
Reggio Children
Reggio Tutta, A guide to the city by the children
Reggio Children
Children, Art, Artists
Reggio Children
Cultivating Creativity
Tina Bruce
It's Not a Bird Yet
Ursula Kolbe
Rapunzel's Supermarket
Ursula Kolbe
Books exploring ideas around the ways people connect with the natural world:
Wild Places
Robert Macfarlane
Skimming Stones and other ways of being in the wild
Rob Cowen and Leo Critchley
Findings
Kathleen Jamie
Out of the Woods
Will Cohu
Wildwood, a journey through trees
Roger Deakin
Beechcombings
Richard Mabey
Woodlands
Oliver Rackham
The Apple Source Book
Sue Clifford and Angela King
Flora Britannica
Richard Mabey
The Stick Book
by Jo Scofield and Fiona Danks
Natures Playground
by Jo Scofield and Fiona Danks
Make it Wild
by Jo Scofield and Fiona Danks
Run Wild
by Jo Scofield and Fiona Danks
Go Wild
by Jo Scofield and Fiona Danks
Earth, Water, Fire an Air, playful explorations in the four elements
Walter Kraul
I love Dirt
Jennifer Ward
How to Grow a School Garden
Buklin-Sporer and Pringle
Asphalt to Ecosystems
Sharon Gamson Danks
Artists working with natural materials:
Natural
Mark Pouyet
Any of the many
books by Andy Goldsworthy
Silent Spaces
Chris Drury
Walking the Line
Ricard Long
Childrens story / picture books:
Not A Stick
Antionette Portis
Leaf Man
Lois Ehlert
A Little Guide to Trees
Charlotte Voake
A Little Guide to Wild Flowers
Charlotte Voake
Insect Detective
Charlotte Voake
Ask Me
Antje Damm
Books exploring theories and ideas around childhood, creativity, risk and nature:
Last Child in the Woods
Richard ouv
Playing and Learning Outdoors
Jan White
Children Learning Outside the Classroom from birth to eleven
Sue Waite
Toxic Childhood
Sue Palmer
No Fear, Growing up in a Risk Adverse Society
Tim Gill
Books exploring children, creativity and play:
Everything Has a Shadow Except Ants
Reggio Children
Reggio Tutta, A guide to the city by the children
Reggio Children
Children, Art, Artists
Reggio Children
Cultivating Creativity
Tina Bruce
It's Not a Bird Yet
Ursula Kolbe
Rapunzel's Supermarket
Ursula Kolbe
Books exploring ideas around the ways people connect with the natural world:
Wild Places
Robert Macfarlane
Skimming Stones and other ways of being in the wild
Rob Cowen and Leo Critchley
Findings
Kathleen Jamie
Out of the Woods
Will Cohu
Wildwood, a journey through trees
Roger Deakin
Beechcombings
Richard Mabey
Woodlands
Oliver Rackham
The Apple Source Book
Sue Clifford and Angela King
Flora Britannica
Richard Mabey