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 Ã…keson 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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