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“Children who played outside every day, regrdless of weather, had better motor coordination and more ability to concentrate.”

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Richard Louv

Richard Louv, born in 1949, is a renowned author whose work primarily focuses on the relationship between humans and nature, particularly the relationship between children and nature. Louv's works have had a profound impact on the fields of environmental protection and education. more

“What happens when all the parts of childhood are soldered down, when the young no longer have the time or space to play in their family's garden, cycle home in the dark with the stars and moon illuminating their route, walk down through the woods to the river, lie on their backs on hot July days in the long grass, or watch cockleburs, lit by morning sun, like bumblees quivering on harp wires? What then?”

Source: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

“Nature is imperfectly perfect, filled with loose parts and possibilities, with mud and dust, nettles and sky, transcendent hands-on moments and skinned knees.”

Moments Hands Nature Perfect Sky Possibility Filled Dust Knees Mud Transcendent Nettles Skinned Knees

Book:Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

Source: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

“Studies of children in playgrounds with both green areas and manufactured play areas found that children engaged in more creative forms of play in the green areas.”

Children Play Form Found Nature Creative Study Areas Green Engaged Playgrounds

Book:Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

Source: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

“This tree house became our galleon, our spaceship, our Fort Apache...Ours was a learning tree. Through it we learned to trust ourselves and our abilities.”

House Nature Ability Tree Spaceships Forts

Author:Richard Louv

“It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.”

World Father Impossible Tears Please Daughter Boyfriend Daughter To Father Cute Fathers Day

Author:Jean de La Fontaine

“There is a real world, beyond the glass, for children who look, for those whose parents encourage them to truly see.”

World Looks Children Real Parent Nature Glasses Real World

Book:Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

Source: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

“Nature is about smelling, hearing, tasting, seeing.”

Nature Seeing Hearing Tasting

Book:Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

Source: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

“Nature is beautiful, but not always pretty.”

Beautiful Nature

Book:Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

Source: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

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