With screen-time and the lure of ‘tech’ it’s not easy to tempt children and young people to venture outdoors and connect with nature. Author Richard Louv writes about ‘nature-deficit disorder‘ in his book ‘Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder.’
Here are practical ways to coax children and young people into the great outdoors (note: the pdf has three pages – look for the arrow button to turn the pages):
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