Mindfulness and Creative Nature Play

Original date: March 20, 2019

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Presenter: Dave Bauer

Description: Mindfulness is inherently connected to children’s creative nature play. This also applies, by extension, to adults who facilitate and/or join children in their imaginative explorations within a natural setting.

During this interactive webinar, we invite you to watch and learn or actively join the discussion by sharing your ideas, experiences, and insights about this topic. Dave will kick-start the discussion by outlining the benefits for both children and adults of being mindful and sharing time in nature.

Dave Bauer is the founder of the Creative Nature Play initiative through which he has written and published the children’s story What’s Under That Rock, Papa?. Throughout his career, Dave has taught environmental science, change leadership, and creative thinking. He engages with the outdoors through various forms of recreation and exploration.

Here is a list of all resources discussed during the webinar:

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• Presentation:  https://greenteacher.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Green-Teacher-webinar-2019_A_v4-FINAL.pptx

Books:

• “How to Raise a Wild Child”, Scott Sampson:http://www.scottsampson.net/index.php?page=wild-child-book
• The Sky and Earth Touched Me: Sharing Nature Wellness Exercises:https://www.sharingnature.com/the-sky-and-earth-touched-me.html
• Forest Bathing: How trees can help you find health and happiness By Dr. Qing Li
• https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/579709/forest-bathing-by-dr-qing-li/9780525559856/
• Coyote Mentoring: http://coyotesguide.com/

Other resources:

• BEETLES: Project out of Lawrence Hall of Science.http://beetlesproject.org/
• SEEK: Encourages outdoor exploration and learning by harnessing image recognition technology to help you identify plants and animals from your photos.  https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app
• Project WILD:  http://cwf-fcf.org/en/explore-our-work/education/for-educators/project-wild.html

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