BOOK I Love Dirt! 52 Activities to Help You & Your Kids Discover Wonders Nature

BOOK I Love Dirt! 52 Activities to Help You & Your Kids Discover the Wonders of Nature Softcover Jennifer Ward Illustrated by Susie Ghahremani Foreword by Richard Louv 144 pages Illustrated I Love Dirt! presents 52 open-ended activities to help you engage your child in the outdoors. No matter what your location—from a small patch of green in the city to the wide-open meadows of the country—each activity is meant to promote exploration, stimulate imagination, and heighten a child's sense of wonder. "Jennifer Ward has created a book that will serve to gently introduce parents to nature, even as parents are using it to help guide a child into the narural world. Children--and parents--learn to observe, as well as appreciate, the basic joys of getting their hands dirty and feet wet." Crouch down with your child and practice sprouting like blades of grass. • Take a walk and come up with a list of colors you can find in flowers. • Make a point of noting how many different kinds of ears that animals have. • Quietly bird-watch. • Plan a puddly day with your child following a rain, so you can explore the wonders of puddles. • Watch a ladybug to determine how she moves from one place to another. • Spend time outside with your child and think about the history that could have been a rock's life. • Find the ideal outdoor thinking place with your child and designate it as such.