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From Online Sources

Please click on the following links to find general articles and videos from news sources and blogs that support the work of outdoor and other types of holistic education. Arranged alphabetically by title.

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Carla Gull’s Loose Parts Play Podcast

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by Soren Hemmila, Grandview Independent

“It’s Snake Season in the East Bay, but There’s More Than One Kind of Snake in the Grass”

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by El Cerrito Chamber of Commerce, Byline

“Outside School Offers Something Different and Extraordinary”

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by Janis Hashe, East Bay Magazine

“Meeting Students Where They Are: East Bay Schools Offer Neurodiverse Kids Places to Thrive”

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by Janis Hashe, Oakland Magazine

“Outside School Uses Nature as the Classroom”

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by Janis Hashe, The Monthly

“Outside School Uses Nature as the Classroom”

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by Jilliann Rodriguez M’Barki, Ten Strands

“Preparing Future Generations to Protect Our Planet”

This one is by me!!!

by Heather Taylor, North American Association for Environmental Education

“The Case of the Missing Transcripts”

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by Heather Taylor, Ten Strands

“Outside School in Richmond Brings Outdoor Learning to Life”

by Laurel Wamsley, NPR

“A Guide To Gender Identity Terms”

by Suzanna Law, A Little Life of Play

"An Adventure Playground Adventure"

C.A. Clark, Bay Nature

“Are Fox Squirrels Replacing Gray Squirrels in California?”

by Anya Kamenetz, NPR

“A top researcher says it's time to rethink our entire approach to preschool”

by Linda McGurk, Preschool Inspirations

“The Amazing Benefits of Forest School”

by Andrew Solomon, The New York Times

"Anatomy of a Murder-Suicide"

by Daniel Hampton, Patch

“California State University Ditches SAT, ACT For Admissions”

by Roger Raiche, Fremontia

“THE CEDARS: SONOMA COUNTY’S HIDDEN TREASURE”

by Dave Marson, LibCom

"Children's Strikes in 1911"

by Linda McGurk, Green Child Magazine

“Connecting Children with Nature Through the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv”

by Tom Sherrington, TeacherHead

"Creating the conditions for great teachers to thrive"

by Carly Cassella, Science Alert

“Daycares in Finland Built a 'Forest Floor', And It Changed Children's Immune Systems”

by Monica Prelle, REI

“A Dose of the Outdoors”

by Jamie Heston, Jamie Heston Homeschool Consulting

“Do Your Kids Hate Writing? Do Less”

by Karyn Charles, Enspirement

“Engaging Children With Nature Versus Environmental Sustainability”

by Director Taro

“Education Without Curriculum”

by Philip Nix, Center for Ecoliteracy

"AN EXPERIMENT IN 'GARDENIZING' SCHOOLS, INSPIRED BY WENDELL BERRY: Exploring the importance of cultivating a 'garden mind' in schools"

by Francis Mendoza, Bay Nature

“Feeling Like an Outsider in an Outside World”

by Lisa Owens Viani, Landscape Architecture Magazine

“Filling the Sapling Gap: San Francisco Will Nurture New Street Trees in a Leftover Space Carved Out by Freeways”

by Jackie Mader, The Hechinger Report

“For preschoolers after the pandemic, more states say: Learn outdoors- Maryland is among the states moving to expand and diversify the naturalist approach to teaching preschool”

by Kaiser Permanente

“Forest bathing: What it is and why you should try it”

by Chrissy Callahan

“‘Forest Kindergarten' Kids Have Class Outside Every Day, Even in the Snow”

by CBS Sunday Morning

“Forest Schools: Lessons in Outdoor Education”

by Carmela Fleury, Medium

“THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION”

by Ayako Mie, Albany Patch

"Gardening Moms in Albany Plant Inspiration in Schools: The garden at Marin Elementary is inviting with its colorfully painted gate. But it was not made overnight. Ten years back, two local moms started a gardening crusade in Albany to help kids to take pride in their schools"

by Kelly Richman-Abdou, My Modern Met

“Handwritten 19th-Century Color Guide Poetically Describes Where Shades Are Found in Nature”

By Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine, The New York Times

“High School Doesn’t Have to Be Boring: Debate, drama and other extracurriculars provide the excitement many classrooms lack. And they can help overhaul the system”

by Jamie Heston

“Homeschooling: I'm Screwing Them Up, Right?”

by Timothy D. Walker, The Atlantic

"How Finland Keeps Kids Focused Through Free Play: An American teacher in Helsinki questioned the national practice of giving 15 minute breaks each hour—until he saw the difference it made in his classroom"

by Linda McGurk, Rain or Shine Mamma

“How living an open-air life led us to the summit”

by Kathleen Richards, East Bay Express

“How Nature Heals: Why East Bay Doctors Are Prescribing the Outdoors to People of Color- Doctors and Experts Also Say There Are Too Many Barriers for Communities of Color to Access Parks”

by Linda McGurk

“HOW TO REALLY ENJOY – AND NOT MERELY SURVIVE – WINTER”

by Liza Long, Gawker

"I Am Adam Lanza's Mother"

by Peter Gray, Ph.D., Psychology Today

“In Relationships, Respect May Be Even More Crucial Than Love: Love is not all you need, nor all your spouse or child needs; consider respect.”

by Rue Mapp, Ten Strands

“Interview with Outdoor Afro CEO Rue Mapp”

by Celina Ribeiro, The Guardian

“John Marsden on the 'toxic' parenting pandemic: 'I’ve never seen this level of anxiety’”

by Forest Jarvis

“The Joys of Boring Birding”

by Karen D'Souza, EdSource

“Kids Learn as Much From Guided Play as From Direct Instruction, Report Finds”

by Elizabeth Broadbent, Scary Mommy

“Kids Need Recess, Even In Wet And Cold Weather”

by Christopher P. Brown, The Conversation

“Kindergarteners get little time to play. Why does it matter?”

by Peter Gray, PhD, Psyhchology Today

“Kindergarten Teachers Are Quitting, and Here Is Why: Comments From Exasperated Kindergarten Teachers Throughout the Country”

by Let Grow Staff

“KQED: ‘Today’s 18-year-olds are like the 12-year-olds from a decade ago: They have very little tolerance for conflict and discomfort.’”

by World Economic Forum

“Learning through play represents the best long-term value for helping kids, regardless of background”

by Sonya Bennett-Brandt, East Bay Magazine

“Life is Wild”

by Shelley Marie Alexander, The Conversation

“Living peacefully with coyotes means respecting their boundaries”

by Rachel E. Greenspan

“Melinda Gates Wants More Girls and Women in STEM- Here's How She's Working Toward That”

by Lucy Jones, Writers Rebel

Mud-Luscious and Puddle-Wonderful

by Elena Matyas

“My Daughter Died At Summer Camp — Don’t Make The Same Mistakes I Made”

by Russell Irving, North American Association for Environmental Education

Nature’s Cure for the COVID Blues

by Diana Kapp, San Francisco Magazine

"The new, (hopefully) improved, totally DIY school:
Looks like a playground, runs like a startup. Why the Bay Area is the paradigm-shaking epicenter of the education revolution"

by Ben Schiller, Fast Company

"Now Doctors Are Prescribing Walks In The Park To Get Us Off Our Butts: Get outside already. With Park Rx, it’s what the doctor ordered"

by Allie Rasmus, KTVU

“'Oakland Goes Outdoors:' $1M grant to fund outdoor education for Oakland middle schoolers”

by Ling Woo Liu, San Francisco Foundation

“OAKLAND LAUNCHES ONE OF THE NATION’S FIRST DISTRICT-WIDE OUTDOOR NATURE PROGRAMS”

by Susan Young, People

“California Teacher's Outdoor Classroom Was a Screen-Free Success: 'Kindergarten Is Supposed to Be Magical'“

by Celeste Hoang, Jet Propulsion Laboratory- California Institute of Technology

“Oscar Avalos Dreams in Titanium”

by Linda McGurk

“PARENTs– STOP WORRYING AND LET YOUR CHILDREN CLIMB TREES!”

by Dominic Giannini

“Playground refurbishments, new nature spaces built ahead of easing restrictions”

by Isaac Morehouse

"Playing with Legos is More Valuable than Learning Algebra"

by Cara Bafile, Education World

“Playworks: Reforming Recess by Teaching Rules of Play”

by Hanna Rosin, Slate

"Police Investigate Family for Letting Their Kids Walk Home Alone. Parents, We All Need to Fight Back"

By Peter Gray, Ph.D., Psychology Today

“Research Reveals Long-Term Harm of State Pre-K Program: In this first-ever controlled study of public pre-K, the control group did best”

by Glenn Jackson, PLOS ONE

“Ripe for the Picking: Wild Weeds May Provide a New Food Source”

by Andrea Gordon, The Star

"Risky play and skinned knees are key to healthy child development: Here’s what kids at play have always liked to do: Race, climb, wrestle, hang, throw, balance, fence with sticks, jump from heights and gravitate toward sharp objects. Ideally, while escaping the watchful eye of grown-ups"

by Gemma Goldenberg, Early Years Educator

“Risky Play: As Safe as Possible or as Safe as Necessary?”

by Anji Play

“Sandra Moore”

by Evan Popp, Santa Fe New Mexican

“School for deaf takes kids into woods for nature-based learning”

by Nicolette Sowder, The New York Times

"School Is for Connecting to Nature”

by Will Childers, Unpublished

"School Shootings- Why They Happen and How to Stop Them"

by Neurochild Community, Facebook

“Science is now showing that #stillness may be just what we need to regenerate our exhausted #brains and bodies”

by Libby Brooks, The Guardian

“Scotland eyes outdoor learning as model for reopening of schools”

by University of Otago, Science Daily

“Sharing Memories Sets Children on Path to Better Well-Being”

By Ally Markovich, Berkeleyside

“The Stories Indian and Mortar Rocks Can Tell Us: The Famous Boulders, Places of Contemplation, Ceremony, Gossip and Industry for the Ohlone, Are a Symbol of a Destroyed Cultural Landscape but Also of What Remains Worth Protecting”

by Tinybeans Team, tinybeans

“Stop Doing These 8 Things for Your Kids This School Year”

by Daphne Miller, Yes! Magazine

"The Surprising Healing Qualities... of Dirt: A doctor discovers exposure to healthy farm soil holds keys to healthy bodies"

by Ruth A. Wilson, American Forests

"Teaching Among the Trees"

by Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post

"Teacher’s resignation letter: ‘My profession … no longer exists’"

by Meg Selig, Psychology Today

“Think Different: 10 Ideas for More Mental Flexibility-

Mental flexibility can spark your creativity and boost your productivity”

By Karen D’Souza, Ed Source

“Time in Nature Can Be an Educational Tool, Some Experts Say”

By MACARTHUR97, WGN9 Chicago

“Tips from a Scandinavian Mom”

By Let Grow Staff

KQED: “Today’s 18-year-olds are like the 12-year-olds from a decade ago.”

by Anya Kamenetz, NPR

“A Top Researcher Says It’s Time to Rethink Our Entire Approach to Preschool”

by Linda McGurk

“THE UNEXPECTED WAYS FREE OUTDOOR PLAY SETS YOUR CHILD UP FOR SUCCESS”

by Claire Gagne

“Unstructured play can create mentally healthier kids”

by Erika Christakis and Nicholas Christakis, CNN

"Want to get your kids into college? Let them play"

by Matt Alexander

“The Warm Demander: An Equity Approach”

by mscourterrest

“What I Learned From Being Screamed At By a Parent”

by Linda McGurk

“WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OUTDOOR PLAY IN THE WINTER”

by Cal Matters, Patch

“When Children Suffer: California To Funnel Billions Into Mental Health Overhaul”

by Emma Marsh

“Why access to nature is a social justice issue”

by Louise de Lannoy

“Why Children Need Risk, Fear, and Excitement in Play – And why adults’ fears put them at risk”

by The New York Times: Wirecutter

“Why Essential Oils Make Terrible Bug Repellents”

by Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker

“Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds: New Discoveries About the Human Mind Show the Limitations of Reason”

by Happiness Is Here Blog

“Why Teachers Choose to Homeschool Their Own Children”

by Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times

“A widow, a warehouse, an urban farm: Questions of justice flare in Bay Area land dispute”

by Holly Korbey, KQED

“Young adults are struggling with their mental health. Is more childhood independence the answer?”