Nature and Spirituality During the Early Years

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-93612-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

This practical and easy-to-read guide shows you how to integrate nature connectedness and spiritual development into your early childhood teaching, whether in a nature-based forest program or a more traditional one. It uses a research-based framework to illustrate ways nature and spirituality can contribute to quality of life during the early childhood years and beyond. Detailing favourable conditions for supporting children’s connectedness to nature and spiritual development—including positive relationships with adults and peers, violence-free environments, and respect for other living things—the book emphasizes the idea of children’s whole-body engagement, challenging the idea that spirituality is relevant to the mind and spirit only. This guidebook is essential reading for all early childhood educators, program directors, families, and anyone working with children and young people.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilson, Ruth

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Kindergarten & Vorschule

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. At Home in Nature; 2. Who Has Seen the Wind?; 3. Experiences In and With Nature; 4. Spiritual Benefits; 5. Spiritual Roots; 6. Trail Guide; 7. A Proposed Framework; 8. Nature Play; 9. Mindfulness in Nature; 10. Philosophical Thinking; 11. Wonder, Aesthetics, and The Creative Arts; 12. Stories, Poems, and Storytelling

Über Autor(innen)

Ruth Wilson, Ph.D., has been an educator and teacher educator for over 30 years and has devoted most of her career to connecting young children with nature. She recently worked as curator for the Children & Nature Network Research Library, an online resource of scientific literature relating to children and nature.