ARCHIVED: Film Exploring Connection between Nature and Learning Airing Across the Country in honor of Earth Day

Public television stations across the nation are airing the film, When Learning Comes Naturally, produced by Jonathan Diamond Associates in association with Sarah Lawrence College’s Child Development Institute (CDI), in April and into May in honor of Earth Day. The program profiles the efforts of four schools and a community nature center in New York, New Jersey, and California to introduce children to the natural world and to encourage them—through play, classroom activities, exploration and their own creative work—to make a lasting connection to the environment.

CDI director Rachel Grob says the film comes at a time when many children are losing touch with the natural world as they hunker down in front of TV or computer screens. “There’s a growing recognition that children really require a strong connection with nature, both to promote creative learning and to develop deep affection for the environment—an affection which children must have for the natural world before they come to understand it and take responsibility for it,” she says. “We need to find more ways to nurture that relationship and find more opportunities to introduce children to the natural world.”

The Child Development Institute has embarked on an outreach campaign to distribute the film at conferences and through community groups. Any school or educational organization interested in viewing the film should contact the Institute at cdi@slc.edu.

Says Grob: “We need to foster the natural love that children have for the environment, and help them develop—artistically, creatively, and intellectually—around the sparks that ignite when you take kids outdoors.”

Following is a partial schedule:

KAWBDT2	4/22/2010	7:30 PM	Prime Time	Minneapolis	Brainerd	MN
KAWEDT2	4/22/2010	7:30 PM	Prime Time	Minneapolis	Bemidji	MN
KAWBDT	4/22/2010	7:30 PM	Prime Time	Minneapolis	Brainerd	MN
KAWEDT	4/22/2010	7:30 PM	Prime Time	Minneapolis	Bemidji	MN
KTWUDT3	4/22/2010	8:30 AM	Mid Morning	Topeka	Topeka	KS
KTWUDT3	4/22/2010	3:30 PM	Mid Afternoon	Topeka	Topeka	KS
KQEDDT3	4/24/2010	3:00 PM	Mid Afternoon	San Francisco	San Francisco	CA
KAWBDT2	4/25/2010	6:30 PM	Early Fringe	Minneapolis	Brainerd	MN
KAWEDT2	4/25/2010	6:30 PM	Early Fringe	Minneapolis	Bemidji	MN
KAWBDT	4/25/2010	6:30 PM	Early Fringe	Minneapolis	Brainerd	MN
KAWEDT	4/25/2010	6:30 PM	Early Fringe	Minneapolis	Bemidji	MN
KTXTDT	4/25/2010	2:30 PM	Mid Afternoon	Lubbock	Lubbock	TX
WPTODT3	5/2/2010	11:30 PM	Late Night	Cincinnati	Oxford	OH
WLAEDT3	5/2/2010	7:00 AM	Early Morning	New Orleans	New Orleans	LA
KLTSDT2	5/2/2010	7:00 AM	Early Morning	Shreveport	Shreveport	LA
LPB2	5/2/2010	7:00 AM	Early Morning	Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge	LA
WLPBDT2	5/2/2010	7:00 AM	Early Morning	Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge	LA
KLPBDT2	5/2/2010	7:00 AM	Early Morning	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette	LA
KLTMDT2	5/2/2010	7:00 AM	Early Morning	Monroe-El Dorado	Monroe	LA
KLTLDT2	5/2/2010	7:00 AM	Early Morning	Lake Charles	Lake Charles	LA
KLPADT2	5/2/2010	7:00 AM	Early Morning	Alexandria, LA	Alexandria	LA
WLAEDT3	5/3/2010	3:00 PM	Mid Afternoon	New Orleans	New Orleans	LA
KLTSDT2	5/3/2010	3:00 PM	Mid Afternoon	Shreveport	Shreveport	LA
LPB2	5/3/2010	3:00 PM	Mid Afternoon	Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge	LA
WLPBDT2	5/3/2010	3:00 PM	Mid Afternoon	Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge	LA
KLPBDT2	5/3/2010	3:00 PM	Mid Afternoon	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette	LA
KLTMDT2	5/3/2010	3:00 PM	Mid Afternoon	Monroe-El Dorado	Monroe	LA
KLTLDT2	5/3/2010	3:00 PM	Mid Afternoon	Lake Charles	Lake Charles	LA
KLPADT2	5/3/2010	3:00 PM	Mid Afternoon	Alexandria, LA	Alexandria	LA
WLAEDT3	5/4/2010	10:00 AM	Mid Morning	New Orleans	New Orleans	LA
KLTSDT2	5/4/2010	10:00 AM	Mid Morning	Shreveport	Shreveport	LA
LPB2	5/4/2010	10:00 AM	Mid Morning	Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge	LA
WLPBDT2	5/4/2010	10:00 AM	Mid Morning	Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge	LA
KLPBDT2	5/4/2010	10:00 AM	Mid Morning	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette	LA
KLTMDT2	5/4/2010	10:00 AM	Mid Morning	Monroe-El Dorado	Monroe	LA
KLTLDT2	5/4/2010	10:00 AM	Mid Morning	Lake Charles	Lake Charles	LA
KLPADT2	5/4/2010	10:00 AM	Mid Morning	Alexandria, LA	Alexandria	LA
WPTODT3	5/5/2010	3:30 AM	Overnight	Cincinnati	Oxford	OH
WPTODT3	5/8/2010	11:30 PM	Late Night	Cincinnati	Oxford	OH

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