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The Nature Seed

How to Raise Adventurous and Nurturing Kids

Kenneth Greenway , Lucy Jones
Considering nature to be ‘the oldest playground in the world’, Lucy Jones and Kenneth Greenway explore how time spent outside can benefit children’s mental and physical health. From nurturing curiosity at an early age to finding ways to engage teenagers with the great outdoors, this illustrated volume presents their philosophy as well as a range of activities including nature-spotting walks (even in urban environments), rearing caterpillars, building dens and rock pooling.
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Product information:
  • Publisher: Souvenir
  • Year: 2021
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 238pp
  • Illustrated: Yes
  • Dimensions: 222x143mm
  • ISBN: 9781788167970
  • Condition: New
  • Weight: 0.6kg
Product code:
539334
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'A practical, no-nonsense guide to getting children back to nature ... Brilliant' Stephen Moss

'A valuable practical guide to helping children form a kinship with nature' Independent

Many of us want to spend more time outside with our kids - but what do we do when we're there, and why is a connection to nature so important and wonderful anyway?

The Nature Seed is a practical and philosophical guide for anyone with children in their lives. Full of the wonders of sharing the natural world with young minds, it's a manual for finding awe in the cracks of the pavement and magic on a stroll around the block.

Whether on an urban walk or in an inner-city park, out in the woods or by the sea, Lucy weaves together stories of how a connection to nature helps children thrive, and Ken draws on his time working with kids outdoors to give you creative, easy and free child-led activities to deepen that connection, from wild art to simple fires, potions, foraging and make-believe.

Wherever you live, The Nature Seed offers a radical vision of a new kinship with nature, one that will help all of us expand, nurture and deepen our wild life.
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