Nature and Youth Involvement
I was reading last Sunday's News & Observer, and was happy to see a piece in the Health & Fitness section about Triangle area park and museum programs that expose children to the outdoors. You can read that article here.
The article made me want to seek out recent news about programs of this type and here is what I found:
A piece from the Aquarium & Zoo Visitor site about the Oregon Zoo's Urban Nature Overnight program.
A feature in The Doings Clarendon Hills site that discusses an early childhood education program at the College of DuPage in Illinois.
A story about how the city of Cresswell, Oregon received a $50,000 grant to enhance a local park through the addition of a nature pavilion and signage that orient users to the twenty trails on site.
Another piece on early childhood education programs in Newburyport, Massachusetts that focus on early exposure to nature.
All of these articles were written this past week and took me about five minutes to find through Googlenews. It's great to see that these programs are happening all over the country. Hopefully, the movement to get kids outdoors will continue to grow through efforts like these.
The article made me want to seek out recent news about programs of this type and here is what I found:
A piece from the Aquarium & Zoo Visitor site about the Oregon Zoo's Urban Nature Overnight program.
A feature in The Doings Clarendon Hills site that discusses an early childhood education program at the College of DuPage in Illinois.
A story about how the city of Cresswell, Oregon received a $50,000 grant to enhance a local park through the addition of a nature pavilion and signage that orient users to the twenty trails on site.
Another piece on early childhood education programs in Newburyport, Massachusetts that focus on early exposure to nature.
All of these articles were written this past week and took me about five minutes to find through Googlenews. It's great to see that these programs are happening all over the country. Hopefully, the movement to get kids outdoors will continue to grow through efforts like these.
