Kellie Vella is a Research Fellow with the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child. Madeleine Dobson is an Associate Investigator with the Australian Research Council ...

The income and education levels of a child's environment determine their relationship to nature, not whether they live in a city or the countryside. The results run counter to the assumption that ...

When Julie Ernst’s daughter was 8, she often played in a small stick fort behind their house. When Ernst went outside to get her daughter for dance class one day, she saw her “frosting” mud cupcakes. ...

In Grand Rapids, Michigan, every 8th grader learns to canoe in the Grand River. Milwaukee’s public school district is now home to five new greenspaces. In Austin, nature-based learning is integrated ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - Dubuque has been selected to join a national initiative to make it easier for children to learn and play in nature. “It’s not just about developing a stewardship, ethic, or a ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — Throughout her 18 years working in children’s education and three years working with ...

DANVILLE, Va. – Danville has earned the designation of “Nature Everywhere Community,” becoming the first city in Virginia to receive this recognition. This initiative is part of the Nature Everywhere ...

William and Evelyn open a seed pod to spread the seeds at Cross Timbers Forest Preschool at the Bob Jones Nature Center and Preserve in Southlake on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Children get standard ...

Young people were given an opportunity to connect with the environment during an annual tour of the Spittal Pond nature reserve today. About 200 children, parents, grandparents and camp leaders took ...

A Swedish study reviewed 196 studies to understand biophobia, why people fear or dislike nature, and how those feelings can be reversed.

Word learning in children represents a fundamental aspect of cognitive development and language acquisition. This area of research explores how young learners overcome the ambiguous nature of their ...