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Home » Nature » When Will Nature Kids Become Extinct?

When Will Nature Kids Become Extinct?

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Here are a few children in nature statistics that might get your attention.

“Children today spend less time playing outdoors than any previous generation. 82 percent of mothers with children between the ages of 3 and 12 cited crime and safety concerns as one of the primary reasons they do not allow their children to play outdoors.” (Source: Children & Nature Network)

Yikes, right? Outdoor learning is a big part of how I am raising my sons.

“Children between the ages of six months and six years spend an average of 1.5 hours a day with electronic media, and youth between the ages of 8 and 18 spend an average of 6.5 hours a day with electronic media;that’s more than 45 hours a week.” (Source: Children & Nature Network)

To celebrate children in nature, in this post I share my favorite children in nature quotes.

Children in Nature

Children in Nature

“Children are born naturalists. They explore the world with all of their senses, experiment in the environment, and communicate their discoveries to those around them.” ~ The Audubon Preschool

children in nature
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.”
~ Rachel Carson

children in nature

“As children observe, reflect, record, and share nature’s patterns and rhythms, they are participating in a process that promotes scientific and ecological awareness, problem solving, and creativity.” ~ Deb Matthews Henley

children in nature stream

“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” ~ Frank Lloyd Wright

children in nature discovery

“Children are born with a sense of wonder and an affinity for Nature.  Properly cultivated, these values can mature into ecological literacy, and eventually into sustainable patterns of living.” ~ Zenobia Barlow

children in nature log

“Take care of the land and the land will take care of you.” ~ H. Bennett

children in nature grass

“Teaching children about the natural world should be seen as one of the most important events in their lives.” ~ Thomas Berry

children in nature rocks

“A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful, is dimmed and even lost  before we reach adulthood.” ~ Rachel Carson

children in nature

“Play, incorporating animistic and magical thinking Is important because it: fosters the healthy, creative and emotional growth of a child; Forms the best foundation for later intellectual growth. Provides a way in which children get to know the world and creates possibilities for different ways of responding to it. Fosters empathy and wonder.” ~ Rachel Carson

Boys playing by a creek

“The woods were my Ritalin. Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses.”  ― Richard Louv

children in nature with their Mother

“Time in nature is not leisure time; it’s an essential investment in our chidlren’s health (and also, by the way, in our own).” ~ Richard Louv

A child with his head in a basket

“Nature study consists of simple, truthful observations that may, like beads on a string, finally be threaded upon the understanding and thus held together as a logical and harmonious whole. “  ~ Anna Botsford Comstock

children in nature running

“It is a happy talent to know how to play.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

A child exploring the rocks

“Play is the work of the child.” ~ Dr. Montessori

A child climbing a tree

“The earth has music for those who listen.” ~ Shakespeare

children in nature family

“When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

children in nature balance

“The land is where our roots are. The children must be taught to feel and live in harmony with the Earth.” ~ Dr. Montessori

children in nature collecting

“When children come into contact with nature, they reveal their strength.” ~ Dr. Montessor

Marnie

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About Marnie Craycroft

Marnie hails from Maine where she spent summers buried in sand and winters buried in snow. She is the daughter of a nearly four decade veteran of the public school systems. Teaching has always been a part of her life. She founded Carrots Are Orange in 2010.

Carrots Are Orange is a Montessori learning and living website for parents and teachers.

Marnie graduated from Wesleyan University in 1999 with a BA in Economics. She spent nearly a decade working in investment management. In 2006, she earned her MA in business from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business.

Marnie moved to the west coast in 1999 and currently lives in Boulder with her husband and three sons. She is Montessori trained. Her work has been featured on Apartment Therapy, Buzzfeed, PBS Kids, BabyCenter, the Melissa & Doug blog, Huffington Post, and WhattoExpect.com. Besides writing, passions include running (usually after her three sons), photography, and outdoor adventures.

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