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Splash Child Care instructor Corine Anderson with children Joey Clark and Sterling Pailister working on their garden project in the North End. Earlychildhood educators are taking part in a Nature Summit to explore ways to get kids back into nature.
Winnipeg has a lot of green space and wild areas such as riverbanks, the Living Prairie Museum and Little Mountain Park, to name a few. These green spaces provide an opportunity for parents, teachers, caregivers and early-childhood educators to fight Nature Deficit Disorder and connect young children to the natural world and away from indoor technology. An appreciation of natural play space for children is evident with new adventure playgrounds being created at Assiniboine Park and The Forks.
In his book Last Child in the Woods: Saving Children from Nature Deficit Disorder, Richard Louv states "In the not-so-distant past, kids ruled the country’s woods and valleys— running in packs, building secret forts and tree houses, hunting frogs and fish, playing hide-and-seek behind tall grasses. But in the last 30 years children of the digital age have become increasingly alienated from the natural world, with disastrous implications, not only for their physical fitness, but also for their longterm mental and spiritual heath." Richard Louv is chairman of the Children & Nature Network, which promotes the philosophy of "leave no child inside." A Winnipeg group has adopted this philosophy!
The Manitoba Nature Action Collaborative for Children Nature Summit will be held September 10 - 12, 2010 at Camp Manitou. Register for the Nature Summit at www.plannersplus.ca/mnacc , find us on Facebook at Manitoba Nacc or email at mnaccnaturesummit@gmail.com .
Do you have a special place in our city? Email your story, and a photo if you have one, to dave.connors@freepress.mb.ca
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Splash Child Care instructor Corine Anderson with children Joey Clark and Sterling Pailister working on their garden project in the North End. Earlychildhood educators are taking part in a Nature Summit to explore ways to get kids back into nature.
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