Resource Garden

• Poisonous Plant Resource Sheet
• Outdoor Learning Environments Links and Resources
• What the Research Says
• GREEN HOUR - a program of the National Wildlife Federation. Information and activities for teachers and parents
• Natural Learning Initiative Design Institute: Design for Children IN Nature 2008
• Resources Recommended by the NC Outdoor Learning Environments Alliance
• Learning with Nature Idea Book: Creating Nurturing Outdoor Spaces for Children
• Preschool Outdoor Environment Measurement Scale (POEMS)
• DVD on Preschool Outdoor Environments Measurement Scale (POEMS)
• Making the Most of Outdoor Time with Preschool Children
• Resources Recommended by the NC Botanical Garden
• Getting Started: Ten Free or Inexpensive Ideas to Enrich Your Outdoor Learning Environment Today
• What's In It For Me? What Teachers/Caregivers Can Expect to Gain by "Taking on" the Outdoors
• Children's Outdoor Environments: A Guide to Play and Learning
• Wonder and Whimsey, Children and Nature
• Ready for Action!
• NC Zoological Society
• NC Zoo

Videos/DVD's

• DVD on Preschool Outdoor Environments Measurement Scale (POEMS)
• "Exploring Science and Nature" (NAEYC)
• "Sharing Nature with Young Children" (NAEYC)

Additional Reading

Articles

Child Care Information Exchange, Beginnings Workshop, Nature and Young Children, September/October 2006.

DeBord, Karen; Hestenes, Linda; Moore, Robin; Cosco, Nilda; and McGinnis, Janet (2002). Paying Attention to the Outdoor Environment is as Important as Preparing the Indoor Environment, Young Child, May 2002, p. 32 - 34.

Griffin, C. and Rinn, B. Enhancing Outdoor Play with an Obstacle Course. Young Children. May, 1998.

McGinnis, J. (2003). Adventure Playground and Outdoor Safety Issues, Child Care Information Exchange, March/April 2003, p. 46 - 50.

McGinnis, J. (2002). Enriching the Outdoor Environment, Young Child, May 2002, p. 28 - 30.

Books

Chalufour, Ingrid and Worth, Karen (2003). Discovering Nature With Young Children (Redleaf Press).

Curtis, Deb, and Carter, Margie (2003). Designs for Living and learning: Transforming Early Childhood Environments (Redleaf Press).

Rivkin, Mary S. (1995). The Great Outdoors: Restoring Children's Right to Play Outside (NAEYC).

Sanders, Stephen W. (2002). Active for Life: Developmentally Appropriate Movement Programs for Young Children (NAEYC).

Worth, Karen, and Grollman, Sharon (2003). Worms, Shadows, and Whirlpools: Science in the Early Childhood Classroom (Redleaf Press).