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Best Practice Toolkit cover

Preschool Outdoors: Best Practice Toolkit (2nd Ed.)

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Integrating Gardening Resources Into EFNEP Curriculum

Child engaging in outdoor play, surrounded by nature, promoting health and learning in a child-friendly environment.

LET’S GET OUTSIDE! Summary of Child Care Regulations

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An International Physical Activity and Public Health Research Agenda to Inform Coronavirus Disease-19 Policies and Practices

Outdoor play areas, nature-based child environments, and educational playground design showcased on magazine cover.

Activity-friendly Neighbourhoods Can Benefit Non-communicable and Infectious Diseases

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The Necessity of Urban Green Space for Children’s Optimal Development

Native plants issue cover

Developing an Earth-bound Culture

Child Study Center renovation layout, Wellesley College, Massachusetts, featuring diverse natural settings and looping paths for outdoor play and learning.

Greening Montessori School Grounds by Design

Montessori and Special Education II journal cover, featuring NAMTA logo and purple background.

Sensory Integration and Contact with Nature: Designing Outdoor Inclusive Environments

Cover of NAMTA Journal, Summer 1996, featuring articles on Montessori education, outdoor play, and child development.

Designing School Grounds to Meet the Needs of the Whole Child and Whole Curriculum

Place Pedagogy and Play trimmed cover

Place, Pedagogy, and Play – Foreword

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Healthy Planet, Healthy Children: Designing Nature into Childhood

The Need For Nature-A Childhood Right cover

The Need for Nature-A Childhood Right

Children play in a transformed outdoor space, transitioning from a basketball court to a lush, nature-inspired playground with swings and climbing structures.

Natural Learning – Once Upon A Yard

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Children Gardening – First Steps Towards a Sustainable Future

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National Play Value Plant Database

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Early Childhood Outdoor Play and Learning Space (ECOPALS): Achieving Design Quality

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Creating Inclusive Naturalized Outdoor Play Environments

Equipamiento de juego integrado en el elemento natural

Areas De Juego Naturales / Natural Playgrounds

Forest scene with silhouetted children playing, promoting outdoor play and nature-based learning.

Re-Naturing Urban Childhood

view of the "microfarm" with high-rises in the background

Rethink Outside: Getting Kids Outdoors as Early as Possible

Children play on a "Dragon" playground structure in a community park, promoting outdoor learning and health.

LET’S GET OUTSIDE! The Case for Young Children

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LET’S GET OUTSIDE! Providers

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Oakland Declaration

Preschool Gardening Activity Guide: Children planting, tending, and harvesting vegetables and fruits in outdoor garden settings.

Preschool Gardening Activity Guide

Grandmother and grandchildren explore plants in a fenced garden, promoting outdoor play and nature-based learning.

Protected: POD Community College Modules at a Glance (ECE)

safe and healthy school environments cover

Playgrounds: A 150-Year-Old Model

LATIS forum cover

Well-being by Nature: Therapeutic Gardens for Children

Outdoor play area with sand, rocks, and climbing structures; children engage in various activities, promoting natural learning and social interaction.

Reasons to Smile at Teardrop

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How Cities Use Parks to Help Children Learn

Developing an Earth-bound Culture Through Design of Childhood Habitats cover

Developing an Earth-bound Culture Through Design of Childhood Habitats

healing gardens, therapeutic benefits and design recommendations cover

Healing Gardens for Children

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Natural Learning

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Nature Play at Home

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Gardening with Young Children Resources

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Designing Green Urban Carolina Childhoods: Theory and Practice

Kids dig dirt in green grass, promoting outdoor play and nature-based learning.

Kids Dig Dirt! Green Paper

Environmental Interventions for Healthy Development of Young Children in the Outdoors cover

Environmental Interventions for Healthy Development of Young Children in the Outdoors