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Professional Book:

Braiding Sweetgrass
INDIGENOUS WISDOM, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND THE TEACHINGS OF PLANTS
By Robin Wall Kimmerer
Order Braiding Sweetgrass on Milkweed.org, Amazon or find it at the Calgary Public Library. ​
You can find out more about this book and workshops they offer on their website: Natural Curiosities. 

Natural Curiosity supports an awareness of Indigenous perspectives and their importance to environmental education. The Indigenous lens in this edition represents a cross-cultural encounter supporting what can become an ongoing dialogue and evolution of practice in environmental inquiry. Some important questions are raised that challenge us to think in very different ways about things as fundamental as the meaning of knowledge. There are many examples of educators taking up approaches with youth.
The Walking Curriculum is an innovative interdisciplinary resource for educators K-12 who want to take student learning outside school walls. Walking Curriculum activities can be used in any context to develop students’ Sense of Place and to enrich their understanding of curricular topics.

You can find out more about this book on the website: ImaginED

​Joseph Cornell has won international acclaim through his landmark book, Sharing Nature with Children®. Since its publication in 1979, Cornell has toured worldwide, offering his popular nature awareness workshops to tens of thousands of teachers, parents, youth leaders, and naturalists. A prominent environmental educator describes him as “one of the most inspiring educators in the field today.” He is the founder and president of Sharing Nature Worldwide, one of the planet’s most widely respected nature awareness programs. 
Order all of Joseph Cornell on his website Sharing Nature with Children
 This resource has been developed to support new ideas to trigger children’s curiosity and learning. This resource is divided into two sections: the first provides an overview of key theoretical components for formulating a philosophy about outdoor play and learning. The second section provides a variety of ideas that support children in exploring and creating new ways of knowing from common materials that can be found or placed within their outdoor spaces.
Order Nature Ideas at here.
The book that launched the movement to get kids outside, Last Child in the Woods is the groundbreaking work from Richard Louv who directly links the lack of nature in the lives of today's wired generation-he calls it nature deficit-to some of the most disturbing childhood trends, such as rises in obesity, Attention Deficit Disorder, and depression.
Order through Algonquin Books
​When Wherever You Go, There You Are was first published in 1994, no one could have predicted that the book would launch itself onto bestseller lists nationwide and sell over 750,000 copies to date. Ten years later, the book continues to change lives. In honor of the book's 10th anniversary, Hyperion is proud to be releasing the book with a new afterword by the author, and to share this wonderful book with an even larger audience
In today’s world, we all experience some hectic days in our careers, family, and social lives. But if you are always stressed, then you need to closely examine how your busyness is affecting your quality of life.
The solution is to adopt the Hygge lifestyle that encompasses the positivity and enjoyment that one can get from simple everyday things. By incorporating Hygge into your life, you’ll discover how to put down the phone, pick up that mixing bowl, paint brush, or other dream you’ve been putting off and immerse yourself in the present with warmth and connection.
  • Explores the lifestyle of indigenous peoples of the world who exist in complete harmony with the natural world and with each other.
  • Reveals a model of a society built on trust, patience, and joy rather than anxiety, hurry, and acquisition.
  • Shows how we can reconnect with the ancient intuitive awareness of the world's original people
In Childhood and Nature, noted educator David Sobel makes the case that meaningful connections with the natural world don't begin in the rainforest or arctic, but in our own backyards and communities. Based on his observations of recurrent play themes around the world, Sobel articulates seven design principles that can guide teachers in structuring learning experiences for children. Place-based education projects that make effective use of the principles are detailed throughout the book. And while engaged in these projects, students learn language arts, math, science, social studies, as well as essential problem-solving and social skills through involvement with nature and their communities.
Balanced and Barefoot is a "must read" for anyone who works with children. 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 grow into healthy, balanced, and resilient adults.
A leader in the field of nature education, author and founder of the Sharing Nature movement, Joseph Cornell released a 20th-anniversary edition of his classic book, drawing on a wealth of experience in nature education. With new nature games, favorites from the field and Cornell's insightful commentary.
Play expert Peter Gray's Free to Learn draws on evidence from anthropology, psychology, and history to show us that free play is the primary means by which children learn to control their lives, solve problems, get along with peers, and become emotionally resilient. Free to Learn suggests that it's time to stop asking what's wrong with our children, and start asking what's wrong with the system.
The book provides additional information for teaching in the outdoors, the core skills needed for successful experiences, and 21 activity units composed of 140 lessons. Each chapter presents the purpose of the lessons, the learning outcomes, equipment required, operating principles, skill sets, and risk management. This overview is followed by a series of detailed lesson plans. The resource contains everything needed for delivering each activity.
Quality Lesson Plans for Outdoor Education is a great resource for teachers and outdoor leaders, grounding them in the essentials of outdoor education, streamlining their preparation, and paving the way for a smooth delivery of effective outdoor education.
I love my World is a new guidebook to rekindle the naturally playful spirit and develop a deep connection with nature from an early age. Full of bushcraft, environmental art, nature awareness and outdoor play activities, as well as mentoring tips and beautiful images, this book will make you want to pack your bags, step out and celebrate our wonderful world. It's for parents, outdoor educators, play rangers, forest school leaders, teachers, aunties, uncles...in fact anyone with a love of our world who spends time outdoors and enjoys sharing it with other people. 

Student Books:


​Wild Buildings and Bridges
Written by Etta Kaner
Illustrated by Carl Wiens

Award-winning author Etta Kaner combines science and art in this unique look at nature's influence on architecture and design. The emphasis on problem-solving and critical thinking make it an excellent choice for science and technology lessons on structures, mechanisms and engineering. 
Order Wild Buildings and Bridges on  KidsCanPress
Discover the secret life of trees with this nature and science book for kids: Can You Hear the Trees Talking? shares the mysteries and magic of the forest with young readers, revealing what trees feel, how they communicate, and the ways trees take care of their families. ​
Order through Greystone books
Award-winning artist Sylvia Long and author Dianna Hutts Aston have teamed up again to create this gorgeous and informative introduction to seeds. Poetic in voice and elegant in design, the book introduces children to a fascinating array of seed and plant facts, making it a guide that is equally at home being read on a parent's lap as in a classroom reading circle.
Order through Chronicle Books
A companion to the new Over and Under the Pond and the beloved Over and Under the Snow, this sweet exploration of the hidden world and many lives of a garden through the course of a year "could not be more lovely," according to the Washington Post. Up in the garden, the world is full of green—leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden their home. In this exuberant and lyrical book, discover the wonders that lie hidden between stalks, under the shade of leaves...and down in the dirt.
Order through Chronicle Books
Young naturalists meet sixteen birds in this elegant introduction to the many uses of feathers. Feathers can protect a bird's skin like sunscreen, attract attention like fancy jewelry, or even distract a predator like a bullfighter's cape. Curious readers are invited to explore informative sidebars, which underscore specific ways each bird uses its feathers.
Order through Charlesbridge

Magazines

This publication is devoted to bringing articles, inspiration and creative ideas to those who play a key role in shaping the first five years of a child's life! Nature play, water play and outdoor fun greatly impact early childhood education and the health of our children. It is so important that we recognize the significance of outdoor play on children development and encourage  families to spend more time outside!   ​
Order the magazine developed by the Reggio Network in the Online store 
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