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Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder: Idea Five Gardening and Beyond Planting To a gardener, even a part-time, just for the fun of it gardener, there is nothing so enthralling as poring through a seed catalog…

Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder: Idea Four Keep a Nature Journal  (one square foot) Observation is a key skill in science. Noting and tracking changes over time is one way we learn about the world…

  Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder: Idea Three Build a Fort: Children’s Special Play Places When I was a kid I loved the idea of building something myself. I’ve already mentioned the unfortunate saga of…

Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder: Idea Two Solve the Mystery: Learn to Track City folks will have a tougher time making this happen, but if you ever spend time in a country space where there…

Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder: Idea One The Green Hour Childhood obesity and all the health problems that go with it are at an all-time high in the United States. You’ve probably heard about a…