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Born to Be Wild
Hundreds of free nature activities for families
Born to Be Wild
Hundreds of free nature activities for families
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Description
Want to save cash, your child's imagination and possibly even the planet? This is the book you need.
Packed with great photos of real families in the outdoors, Born to Be Wild contains easy-to-follow instructions for activities that require nothing more sophisticated than a small person's imagination and access to a little outdoor space.
Nature lays on magical materials for free each season, from fallen leaves and twigs, moulted feathers, sand and shells, to mud, puddles and rain. Everything else you'll need for these activities is already hiding in your cupboards at home. No expensive art supplies of outward-bound kit required. All you need are the toolkit items at the front of the book - ordinary household essentials like scraps of paper, string, glue, recycled food containers and an empty jar or two.
Along the way Hattie talks to families, organisations and communities who have rebuilt their relationships with nature with extreme or inspiring results, and she introduces scientists, psychologists and other experts who explain why, as modern families, we should revive our waning relationships with nature, whatever age or stage we're at.
Table of Contents
About us
Ten tips
The toolkit
The benefits
A kind of code of honour
Spring
Blossom
Grass
Earth
Rivers and Streams
Dandelions and Daisies
Air
Summer
Trees
Flowers
Butterflies
Shells and Sand
Feathers
Autumn
Hedgerow
Autumn leaves
Mud
Wind
Acorns
Mushrooms and moss
Winter
Puddles and rain
Evergreens
Snow and ice
Sticks and stones
Night
Resources
Product details
Published | 02 Jun 2016 |
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Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 256 |
ISBN | 9781472915344 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Natural History |
Illustrations | 500 colour photos |
Series | RSPB |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Offers instructions for free outdoor activities that engage a child's imagination.
New York Times
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A lively and endearing book... The photographs offer a work of art beyond their instructional nature.
Library Journal
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Nature and imagination are a potent combination, exposing children to all sorts of delights, and this book provides endless remedies to the indoorsiness of urban life.
Publishers Weekly
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It's a fantastic ideas book with simple, easy to do, no fuss activities.
rainydaymum.co.uk
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Born to be Wild is rammed with unexpectedly practical ideas to help you and your loved ones enjoy time together.
Natural Health
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You can see why Hattie Garlick has written this book, her love for the outdoors and her passion for developing children's imagination are quite obvious.
spanishmummy.co.uk