ECED 407 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5.1: Playpen, Polskie Radio Program Iii
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Designs for living and learning (chapter 5, pp. Chapter 5. 1: design natural environments that engage our senses the natural world provides an abundance or opportunities to engage the senses. You can find hint of interesting smells coming, experiencing touching plants, dirt, sand; hearing the sounds of the wind, water. Children are spending less time outside because adults are concerned with weather and health issues: causing them to not even know the names of birds but be afraid of them. You can bring children out into nature and also bring nature inside the doors of your classrooms. Invite living with element for creating natural environments. & review these questions at the beginning of each year, setting goals for your programs and keep trying to find new ways to connect kids to the natural world around them. Furnish your building with natural and sensory-rich objects. Offer natural materials indoors for study, design and play.
