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What We Are Reading About Children and the Environment

  • Basile, C., & White, C. (2000). Respecting living things: Environmental literacy for young children. Early Childhood Education Journal,28(1), 57-61.
  • Blair, D. (2009). The child in the garden: An evaluative review of the benefits of school gardening. Journal of Environmental Education, 40(2), 15-38.
  • Britsch, S. J. (2001). Emergent environmental literacy in the non-narrative compositions of kindergarten children. Early Childhood Education Journal, 28(3), 153-159.
  • Carson, R. (1956). The sense of wonder. Berkeley, CA: The Nature Company.
  • Cobb, E. (1993). The ecology of imagination in childhood (Reprint ed.). Dallas, TX: Spring Publications.
  • Chawla, L. (1998). Significant life experiences revisited: A review of research on sources of environmental sensitivity. The Journal of Environmental Education,29(3), 11-21.
  • Chawla, L. (2003). Bonding with the natural world: Roots of environmental awareness. The NAMATA Journal, 28(1), 133-154.
  • Cornell, J. B. (1998). Sharing nature with children (20th Anniversary ed.). Nevada City, CA: Dawn Publications.
  • Elder, J. (1998). Stories in the land: A place-based environmental education anthology. Great Barrington, MA: Orion Society.
  • Fjørtoft, I. (2001). The natural environment as a playground for children: The impact of outdoor play activities in preprimary school children. Early Childhood Education Journal, 29(2), 111-117.
  • Fisman, L. (2005). The effects of local learning on environmental awareness in children: An empirical investigation. The Journal of Environmental Education,36(3), 39-50.
  • Hart, R. (1979). Children’s experience of place. New York: Irvington Publishers, Inc.
  • Jennings, N., Swidler, S., & Koliba, C. (2005). Place-based education in the standards-based reform era--conflict or compliment? American Journal of Education,112(1), 44-65.
  • Kahn, P. H., & Kellert, S. R. (Eds.). (2002). Children and nature: Psychological, sociocultural, and evolutionary investigations. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
  • Kessen, K. (2004). For the love of frogs: Promoting ecological sensitivity through the arts. Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice, 17(1), 42-48.
  • Kuo, F. (2001). Coping with poverty: Impacts of environment and attention in the inner city. Environment and Behavior,33 (1), 5-34.
  • Louv, R. (2008). Last child in the woods: Saving our children from nature-deficit disorder (Updated ed.). Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books.
  • Mabie, R., & Baker, M. (1996). The influence of experimental instruction on urban elementary students’ knowledge of the food and fiber system. Journal of Extension,34(6) 1-4.
  • Malone, K., & Tranter, P. J. (2003). School grounds as sites for learning: Making the most of environmental opportunities. Environmental Education Research, 9, 283-303.
  • Moore, R. (1993). Plants for play: A plant selection guide for children's outdoor environments. Berkeley, CA: MIG Communications.
  • Moore, R. C., & Marcus, C. C. (2008). Healthy planet, healthy children: Designing nature into the daily spaces of childhood. In S. R. Kellert, J. Heerwagen, & M. Mador (Eds.), Biophilic design: The theory, science, and practice of bringing buildings to life,(pp. 153-203). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
  • Moore, R. C., & Wong, H. H. (1997). Natural learning: The life history of an environmental schoolyard. Berkeley, CA: MIG Communications.
  • Nabhan, G. P., & Trimble, S. 1994. The geography of childhood: Why children need wild places. Boston: Beacon Press.
  • Nicholson, S. (1971). The theory of loose parts. Landscape Architecture, 62(1), 30-34.
  • Rivkin, R. (1995). The great outdoors: Restoring children's right to play outdoors. Washington, DC: NAEYC.
  • Rivkin, M. (1998). “Happy play in grassy places”: The importance of the outdoor environment in Dewey’s educational ideal. Early Childhood Education Journal, 25(3), 199-202.
  • Sobel, D. (1996). Beyond ecophobia: Reclaiming the heart in nature educations. Great Barrington, MA: The Orion Society.
  • Sobel, D. (1998). Mapmaking with children: Sense-of-place education for the elementary years. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
  • Sobel, D. (2002). Children's special places: Exploring the role of forts, dens, and bush houses in middle childhood (New ed.). Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press.
  • Sobel, D. (2004). Place-based education: Connecting classrooms and communities (2nd ed.). Great Barrington, MA: Orion Society.
  • Sobel, D. (2008). Childhood and nature: Design principles for educators. Portland, ME.: Stenhouse Publishers.
  • Stone, M., & Center for Ecoliteracy. (2009). Smart by nature: Schooling for sustainability. Healdsburg, CA: Watershed Media.
  • Stone, M., & Barlow, Z. (2005). Ecological literacy: Educating our children for a sustainable world. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books.
  • Talbot, J., & Frost, J. L. (1989). Magical playscapes. Childhood Education, 66(1), 11-19.
  • Taylor, A. F., Kuo, F. E., & Sullivan, W. C. (2001). Coping with ADD: The surprising connection to green play settings. Environment and Behavior,33(1), 54-77.
  • Taylor, A. F., Wiley, A., Kuo, F. E., & Sullivan, W. C. (1998). Growing up in the inner city: Green spaces as places to grow. Environment and Behavior, 30, 3-27.
  • Tovey, H. (2007). Playing outdoors: Spaces and places, risk and challenge. Maidenhead, UK: Open University Press.
  • Wells, N. M. (2000). At home with nature: Effects of “greenness” on children’s cognitive functioning. Environment and Behavior, 32(6), 775-795.
  • Wells, N. M., & Lekies, K. S. (2006). Nature and the life course: Pathways from childhood nature experiences to adult environmentalism. Children, Youth and Environments, 16, 1-24.

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