Children and Nature: ACA Resources
Camps share the value of outdoor educational experiences from farming and gardening camps to wilderness and experiential nature camps. Camp is a true experiential "laboratory" for outdoor education.
- A Field Guide to Preserving Childhood, Peg L. Smith, CEO, American Camp Association (CAMP e-News, March 2009)
- Nature Is Where We Find It!, Posie Taylor (CAMP e-News, May 2008)
- It's Not That Easy, Being Green . . ., Rick Stryker, P.E. (Camping Magazine, Nov/Dec. 2007)
- A Convenient Truth: How Our Past Can Save the Future, Zayanne Thompson (Camping Magazine, Nov/Dec. 2007)
- Planting the Seeds to Grow an Environmental Stewardship Plan, Zayanne Thompson (Camping Magazine, Nov/Dec. 2007)
- How to Maximize Your Environmental Education Program at Camp, Ray Bivens (Camping Magazine, Nov/Dec. 2007)
- Teaching GPS Technology in Nature Education Programs, Virginia Bourdeau (Camping Magazine, Nov/Dec. 2007)
- Change Yourself; Change Their World: How to Play With Campers With Disabilities, Faith Evans, M.Ed., and Jane Pemberton (Camping Magazine, Nov/Dec. 2007)
- Down on the Farm (CAMP: A Resource for Families 2005)
- It's Not Easy Being Green (CAMP: A Resource for Families 2006)
- Find A Camp With a Nature/Environmental Focus
- Camp Revival, Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods
Books
- Cabins, Canoes, and Campfires, Jill Hudson
- Creek Stompin' and Getting' Into Nature: Environmental Activities that Foster Youth Development, Mary Low & Connie Coutellier
- Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, Richard Louv
- The Nature Specialist: A Complete Guide to Programs and Activities, Lenore Hendler Miller
- Outdoor Parents Outdoor Kids, Eugene Buchanan
- Return to the Land: 121 Animal/Nature Stories & Activities, Tom Carr
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