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The Nature Seed: How to Raise Adventurous and Nurturing Kids
'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.
'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.
240 pages, Hardcover
Published August 26, 2021
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September 9, 2021
Honestly got the last page of this book and was truly gutted that it was done. I felt that both authors had so much more to teach. A wonderful book for parents, teachers and forest school leaders. Tbh, everyone should read a book like this and feel part of nature again 💚💚
July 2, 2022
High production value, beautifully illustrated and gold foiled hard cover book, every page is colour too, a gorgeous book to have on the shelf. Very UK centric so it was difficult to relate to the “nature” of somewhere so different to where I live, it made me a bit sad that we don’t have any wild deer to watch, for example. Even the species of butterflies were hard to relate to since again I’ve never seen butterflies like the ones described, probably because they don’t exist in other parts of the world. The book includes creative games to play with kids in nature and encourages everyone to experience nature outdoors every day.
July 4, 2022
A great book full of ideas for connecting kids to nature. Very UK-centric so some stuff will be harder to apply to my tropical region but I'm sure there'll still be plenty to draw upon.
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