Storytelling about Nature

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Comment by Marghanita Hughes on January 31, 2012 at 11:19am

A new study finds a significant decline in the depiction of the natural world and animals in US children's books in recent decades, a trend researchers say may reflect society’s increasing isolation from nature.

http://e360.yale.edu/digest/depictions_of_natural_world_declining_i...

Comment by Marghanita Hughes on January 31, 2012 at 11:17am

Comment by John Thielbahr on January 31, 2012 at 10:32am

AyoLane,

You might want to connect with the Group C&NN Grand Ideas in Nature, which is a group that is interested in connecting grandparents to kids using the natural world.

Comment by AyoLane Halusky on January 31, 2012 at 10:20am

know any good stories about connecting youth to aulthood?

Comment by Alina Stefanescu Coryell on January 26, 2012 at 3:22pm

They are, Margie. I love them- such a rich, multi-faceted approach to understanding nature. A LIVING approach which, I'm afraid, is not always communicated to children in standard science courses which emphasize memorization over creative thinking.

Comment by Margie on January 26, 2012 at 2:08pm

Seen this paper from the EETAP resource library?

http://eelink.net/eetap/info6.pdf

Comment by Margie on January 18, 2012 at 10:34am

Thanks Alina.  How & why (pourquois) stories are great, aren't they?

 

Hey everyone, check out this twitter feed from the UK on storytelling & environment:  @Story4Environme.

Comment by Alina Stefanescu Coryell on January 17, 2012 at 2:00pm

In conjunction with nature journaling, we like to read Native American nature myths and story-oriented explanations for natural phenomenon. It makes life richer and more engaging. Frances Holbrook's The Book of Nature Myths is great for all ages- brimming with stories about how frogs, snipes, and various critters came to be, as well as how various minerals were formed.

Comment by Margie on November 17, 2011 at 5:08pm

This is too hilarious.  I was giving a class on scat and the teacher was so proud to show me that she had already been reading about it with this book.  http://www.amazon.com/Story-Little-Mole-Search-Whodunit/dp/08109164...

Comment by Jan Hummer on October 23, 2011 at 8:35pm

Kathy Parra ( the author of Love is the Color of a Rainbow) who we have conversations with occasionally is now the guest moderator of the Connecting Children to Nature through American Literature: 1890 - T... discussing the work of Byrd Baylor. 

Come, join the conversation we would love to hear how you have used these stories in the classroom or share some memories reading which inspired explorations with your family.

Cheers!

Jan

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