Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature for Kids of all Ages and their Mentors

by Jon Young, Evan McGown, Ellen Haas

Connection, Awareness, Belonging. For children and adults alike, Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature sparks the excitement of discovery, real connection with animals and plants, and a sense of belonging through knowing our place on the planet. With this manual in one hand and someone we care about in the other, Coyote inspires us to follow curiosity s magic. Coyote's Guide lifts the lid off the mind of a mentor to reveal how you can design invisible learning experiences. Offering dozens of activities, stories, and games, so mentors, educators, and parents can lead in ways that fit your people, your place, and your plans. Coyote's Guide sets fresh standards for environmental literacy that engages body, mind and spirit.

Genres: Nature, Education

432 pages, Perfect Paperback

Published September 18, 2008

About the author

Jon Young is on the leading edge of animal tracking and understanding bird language. He has been exploring animal communication for 35 years and was mentored by the famous tracker Tom Brown Jr. as well as a tribal elder in Africa. Jon developed the 8 Shields Cultural Mentoring System, a model that has influenced more than 100 nature programs in communities in the U.S., Canada, and Europe and is also creator of the Shikari Method for data collection, which is used by the USFWS. Jon has given over 1,000 public presentations and has mentored numerous students of his own. Married, with six children, Jon lives in Santa Cruz, California.

Reviews

[Trevanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book covers much of the philosophy and approach behind the primitive skills that I've found to be so important in my life. I highly suggest it for anyone attempting to bring themselves or to help bring others into a closer relationship with nature and with a true sense of place!

[Jenn]

I will probably never finish reading this book, as I will read it over and over, park by part. It's a manual. A guide book. A way to mentor and be mentored. Lesson plans. I am really quite excited to have this resource in my life.

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[Msewell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is AMAZING!

[Carialta · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is great for spot reading to gain information on an as needed basis! Jon's recordings on Advanced Bird Language are also fantastic.