Recommended books for nature-based educators

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Are you looking for professional development resources related to nature-based education? Here’s a list to get your started. We’ve grouped the titles below by those relevant to all nature-based educators and titles focused on specific age-levels.

Additional resources for ALL nature-based educators currently unavailable on Bookshop:

Cultivating Joy & Wonder: Educating for Sustainability in Early Childhood Through Nature, Food, and Community

Goodness of Rain by Ann Pelo

Adventures in Risky Play by Rusty Keeler

Natural Playscapes by Rusty Keeler

Nature Play and Learning Spaces

Plants for Play: A Plant Selection Guide for Children's Outdoor Environments by Robin C. Moore

Play for All Guidelines: Planning, Designing and Management of Outdoor Play Settings for All Children by Robin C. Moore, Susan M. Goltsman, & Daniel S. Iacofano

Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature by Jon Young, Evan McGown, & Ellen Haas 

Resources for INFANT & TODDLER nature-based educators:

Bringing the Outside In: Ideas for Creating Nature-Based Classroom Experiences for Young Children, Sandra Duncan & Jody Martin

The Goodness of Rain: Developing an Ecological Identity in Young Children, Ann Pelo

The Infant Garden, Jan White in Early Education Journal

Nurture Through Nature, Claire Warden

Raindrops on Noses and Toes in the Dirt: Infants and Toddlers in the Outdoor Classroom, Ellen Veselack, Dana Miller, & Lisa Cain-Chang

Additional resources for PRESCHOOL nature-based educators currently unavailable on Bookshop:

Forest Kindergartens: The Cedarsong Way, Erin Kenny

Four Seasons at a Nature Based Preschool by Dodge Nature Preschool

Nature-based Preschool Professional Practice Guidebook, Natural Start Alliance

Nature Kindergartens and Forest Schools: An Exploration of Naturalistic Learning Within Nature Kindergartens and Forest Schools, Claire Warden

Additional resource for K-3 nature-based educators currently unavailable on Bookshop:

Forest Schooled, The Book Cayln Gans

 

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