There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream
Read Along Series: Last Child in the Woods (Parts 5 and 6)
As I prepare to launch back into full-speed blogging, I realize I’ve got a few loose ends to tie up. One of those is the Last Child in the Woods Read Along. I’ve really enjoyed going on our many summer adventures with the wisdom of this book mulling about in my mind. I’ve been able to see experiences in a different light, pay more attention, and try not to take things for granted.
Read Along Series: Last Child in the Woods (Part 3)
When my husband and I were dating and newly married, we made a lot of camping trips to the national parks near our home. I clearly remember one day, while hiking in the Narrows we passed a family hiking, the husband with a toddler in a backpack carrier. We looked and each other and said we’d be that family.
Then we had kids.
Read Along Series: Last Child in the Woods (Part 2)
In Section 1 of Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv writes about our society’s apparent disconnection from nature. After describing the deleterious effects of what he has called, Nature Deficit Disorder, he wraps up the section by pointing out, “deficit is only one side of the coin.” In Section 2, he discussed the other side of that coin: “natural abundance”. [Read more…]
Read Along Series: Last Child in the Woods (Part 1)
Richard Louv wrote Last Child in the Woods almost 8 years ago. I first read it (actually listened to it) back in 2008, and as luck or providence would have it, I began to reread it recently on a family trip to Zion National Park. It was the perfect backdrop for diving back into this motivating call to reconnect children (and ourselves) with nature.