Where is the best place to find informaton on Play in Nature?

Start with Richard Louv's book Last Child in the Woods.  It is a GREAT resource for those of us who spend our days getting Chidren outside to PLAY IN NATURE!  He also has a new book called the Nature Principle which is a follow up to Last Child. 

Organizations in your area have resources too!  Do you have a local Nature Center?  If not contact ANCA ( Association of Nature Center Administrators) and I am sure they can tell you where to find the one closest one to your town.  Association of Nature Center Administrators   

Another great resource is Green Hearts Institute for Nature in Childhood!  Green Hearts has a fabulous Parent's Guide to Nature Play that is one of the best resoruces ever! 

Some organizations like Chicago Wilderness have gone as far as creating a Childrens Outdoor Bill of Rights! 

So what ever the day brings...............be sure to get your kids OUTSIDE to play! 

Pilcher Park Nature Center is having some really awesome bat events this summer.  Bring your family out for Bats Live or leave the kids at home and come out to play bags with us and drink some beer at Beer, Bats and Brats!



What a spectacular day!

The sun is out and the day is bright.  All is well here in Pilcher Park.  This is very much like living right smack in the middle of Dolly Parton's song God's Coloring Book!  Every day there are new things to see and new colors that appear that were not there the day before. 

The more you look the more you see.  Today, as I stopped at McDonalds to get coffee on the way to work I saw a mother duck with her babies walking down the sidewalk.  As I sat in my office later I saw a deer running down by the pond. Every day, every minute something new and spectacular!



Each minute the light changes, the rain sparkles on a leaf, the wind blows something new and spectacular into place.  Whenever there is the slightest bit of doubt that we are all part of something awesome and amazing all I have to do is walk outside and watch the changing landscape.