Resource List

Books

• Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
• The Nature Fix by Florence Williams
• Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life by Richard Louv
• Nature Play at Home: Creating Outdoor Spaces That Connect Children with the Natural World by Nancy Striniste
• There’s No Such Thing As Bad Weather by Linda Åkeson McGurk 
• Balanced and Barefoot  by Angela Hanscom
• Nature Preschools and Forest Kindergartens: The Handbook for Outdoor Learning by David Sobel

• Nature-Based Preschool Professional Practice Guidebook by Natural Start Alliance 
• Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature  by Jon Young, Evan McGown, and Ellen Haas
• Learning with Nature: Embedding Outdoor Practice by Claire Helen Warden
• The Ecology Imagination in Childhood by Edith Cobb
• Tom Brown’s Field Guide to Nature and Survival for Children by Tom Brown, Jr., with Judy Brown
• Sharing the Joy of Nature: Nature Activities for All Ages  by Joseph Cornell

People & Organizations

• North American Association for Environmental Education 
• Natural Start Alliance 
• Melanin Base Camp 
• Youth Outside 
• Greening Youth Foundation 
• Amy Butler/ Northbranch Nature Center/ ECO: Educating Children Outdoors 
• Claire Warden- Educational Consultant and founder of Auchlone Nature Kindergarten
• Center for Diversity and the Environment
• Jon Young/ 8 Shields 
• Dunblane Nature Kindergarten
• Cedarsong Nature School
• The Academy of Forest Kindergarten Teachers
• ForestKinder (a public school forest kindergarten program– lots of great resources!)
• Children & Nature Network 
• Teaching Off Trail/Peter Dargatz 

Events & Professional Development

• Nature-Based Early Learning Conference
• NAAEE Annual Conference & Research Symposium
• ECO Summer Institute
• 8 Shields Learning Pathways 
• Children Learning with Nature Institute 
• Reaching Nature Connection Conference
• Green Schools Conference

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