Educating Children Outdoors
Amy Butler. Educating Children Outdoors: Lessons in Nature-Based Learning. Comstock Publishing Associates, 2024.
This book is a compilation of the work that Amy Butler has done with public school teachers and classes over the past 20 years. She provides a wealth of information to start an outdoor program with elementary students. Included are various routines that help children engage with the natural world and proven seasonal lessons to expand their environmental knowledge and awareness.
Check out the ECO website for even more resources to help you create nature-immersion experiences for your learners.
Amy has worked with public school teachers and classes to help them be immersed in the natural world. Her program called ECO (Educating Children Outdoors) was created at the North Branch Nature Center in Vermont.