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David Sobel is an education writer who has helped in developing the philosophy of place-based education. He has written extensively on the topic in books and numerous articles. He is currently a Core Faculty member and Director of Certificate Programs at Antioch University New England.

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We tiptoed the tops of beaver dams, hopped hummocks, went wading, looked at spring flowers, tried to catcha snake, got lost and found. How fine it was to move at a meandery, child's pace.

Nature, Children, Spring, Hopped, Found, Move

Exploration of the natural world begins in early childhood, flourishes in middle childhood, and continues in adolescence as a pleasure and a source of strength for social action.

Nature, Childhood, World, Source, Continues, Exploration

The heart of childhood, from seven to eleven, is the critical period for bonding with the earth.

Nature, Heart, Childhood, Earth, Period

If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, then let us allow them to love the earth before we ask them to save it. Perhaps this is what Thoreau had in mind when he said, “the more slowly trees grow at first, the sounder they are at the core, and I think the same is true of human beings.

Love, Inspirational, Children, True, Perhaps, Mind

If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, let us allow them to love the earth before we ask them to save it.

Children, Earth, Love, Nature

Wet sneakers and muddy clothes are prerequisites for understanding the water cycle.

Clothes, Cycle, Muddy, Nature, Sneakers

What's important is that children have an opportunity to bond with the natural world, to learn to love it and feel comfortable in it, before being asked to heal its wounds.

Asked, Children, Comfortable, Heal, Important, Opportunity

You can’t bounce off the walls If there are no walls: outdoor schools make kids happier—and smarter

Wall, School, Kids, Outdoor, Smarter

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