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Helping children value and appreciate nature
\. ~d Helping children value and appreciate nature by Janis R. Bullock children are naturally curious about their world and enjoy exploring their surroundings. Because of their inquiring minds, children are eager to know why things are the way they are and will ask many questions about their immediate environment. On a recent nature walk children could be heard asking, "I wonder what is under the rocks?" "What is that bird eating?" "Does that flower smell?" and "Why are the ants fighting?" Childhood is the time to encourage and nurture early interests in nature . By incorporating nature education inquiring minds, curiosity, and won- children to living things and to sup- into the curriculum, teachers can help der. The hope is that children who ex- port their curiosity, exploration, and children find answers to their many perience nature education will develop understanding.
gardening. Some of the children brought seeds from home, and in a small plot of land, we planted them. The children took the responsibility of caring for and tending to the garden. As we harvested the "crops," we invit- ed parents to share in the …
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