“The woods were my Ritalin. Nature calmed me,
focused me, and yet excited my senses.”
― Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
― Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
“It's a good thing to learn more about nature
in order to share this knowledge with children; it's even better if the adult
and child learn about nature together. And it's a lot more fun.”
― Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
― Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
“Time in nature is not leisure time; it's an
essential investment in our chidlren's health (and also, by the way, in our
own).”
― Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
― Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
“One of my students told me that every time she
learns the name of a plant, she feels as if she is meeting someone new. Giving
a name to something is a way of knowing it.”
― Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
― Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
“and old Indian saying: 'It's better to know
one mountain than to climb many.”
― Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
― Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
“The physical exercise and emotional stretching
that children enjoy in unorganized play is more varied and less time-bound than
is found in organized sports. Playtime—especially unstructured, imaginative,
exploratory play—is increasingly recognized as an essential component of wholesome
child development.”
― Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
― Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
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