Books on health & wellbeing outdoors that can inspire and inform you in your time outdoors.
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Reasons To Be Outdoors makes the case that young children must be able to play outside a great deal, every single day, throughout their childhood years.
Why should young children be outdoors so much?
Exploring the connection that very young children have to nature. Each chapter celebrates a natural element, such as mud. Practical ideas to develop an outdoor area for children under three and how to respond to their motivations to create a natural environment full of awe and wonder.
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In this important book, a pediatric occupational therapist and founder of TimberNook shows how outdoor play and unstructured freedom of movement are vital for children’s cognitive development and growth, and offers tons of fun, engaging ways to help ensure that kids ...
Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder has spurred a national dialogue among educators, health professionals, parents, developers and conservationists. This is a book that will change the way you think about your future and the ...
This section of our book shop has a great selection of publications on the benefits to health & wellbeing of being outdoors.