Quick Look
- Written by an experienced educator and specialist in place-based and environmental education
- Includes sections on engaging with animals, landscape and social action
- All activities and ideas are age-appropriate and tried and tested
A valuable resource book for parents and teachers to help nurture children's relationship with nature.
Description
"What's important is that children have an opportunity to bond with the natural world, to learn to love it, before being asked the heal its wounds."
Beyond Ecophobia speaks to teachers, parents and others interested in nurturing in children the ability to understand and care deeply for nature from an early age.
Full of resources, ideas, and age-appropriate activities from renowned educator David Sobel, this book has helped over 20,000 teachers, parents, and others nurture the relationship between children and nature.
Author
David Sobel is a senior faculty member in the Education Department at Antioch University in New Hampshire, USA. He consults and speaks widely on child development and place-based education for schools and other organisations. He is the author of several books and many articles on the subject of children and nature, including Place-Based Education.
