{"product_id":"i-love-dirt-isbn-9781590305355","title":"I Love Dirt!","description":"\u003ci\u003eI Love Dirt!\u003c\/i\u003e presents 52 open-ended activities to help you engage your child in the outdoors. No matter what your location—from a small patch of green in the city to the wide-open meadows of the country—each activity is meant to promote exploration, stimulate imagination, and heighten a child's sense of wonder. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJennifer Ward is the author of numerous acclaimed parenting books and books for children, inspired by nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jennifer Ward has created a book that will serve to gently introduce parents to nature, even as parents are using it to help guide a child into the narural world. Children—and parents—learn to observe, as well as appreciate, the basic joys of getting their hands dirty and feet wet. Discoveres become shared experience.\"—from the forword by Richard Louv“Here is the potential for much fun, many meaningful experiences—and a trove of shared stories.”—Richard Louv, from the foreword   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There may be no better way to ensure the well-being of the natural world tomorrow than to introduce children to its many small wonders today. Through a series of accessible activities designed to engage young minds and all five senses, this book reminds us of—even celebrates—the magic to be found right outside our own back doors.”—Todd Christopher, cofounder of National Wildlife Federation’s Green Hour  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eI Love Dirt!\u003c\/i\u003e is a perfect book for parents, teachers, or anyone who cares about children and nature. A nature-lover herself, Jennifer Ward has done an excellent job creating a collection of fun, interactive ways for children everywhere to connect with nature and combat the growing negative impact of sedentary, indoor lifestyles on our youth.”—David Mizejewski, naturalist, National Wildlife Federation, and host of Animal Planet’s \u003ci\u003eBackyard Habitat\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A perfect companion to your nature center and hiking trail excursions!”—\u003ci\u003eNashville Parent \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A wonderful resource for parents. This book could be the ticket to many wonderful memories for both parent and child.”—\u003ci\u003ePortland Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Ward\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of numerous children’s books, all of which present nature to kids. Her award-winning titles have been featured in magazines such as \u003ci\u003eRanger Rick\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYour Big Backyard\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLearning\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e, and she has been interviewed and featured on national television and local radio. She is a regular speaker at conferences and schools across the country, where she instills the importance of literacy and the wonders waiting to be discovered in the natural world.To learn more about the author, Jennifer Ward, visit her website at jenniferwardbooks.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusie Ghahremani\u003c\/b\u003e is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. Her artwork, which combines her love of nature, animals, music and patterns, has appeared in the New York Times, Nickelodeon Magazine, and Martha Stewart Kids, and has recieved illustration awards from American Illustration, the Alternative Pick, and Giant Robot. To learn more about the illustrator, Susie Ghahremani, visit her website at boygirlparty.com.\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e There is nothing more joyful and inspiring to watch\u003cbr\u003e than children discovering the world around them.\u003cbr\u003e Whether they're collecting fallen leaves, rolling down\u003cbr\u003e grassy hills, or playing in the waves at the beach—\u003cbr\u003e seeing that wide-eyed wonder in our children is such a\u003cbr\u003e gift. Regardless of the joys that nature can bring, there\u003cbr\u003e has been much disturbing press about the lack of\u003cbr\u003e quality time that children today spend outdoors, along\u003cbr\u003e with startling research and statistics that point to the\u003cbr\u003e detrimental effects this \"nature deficit\" can cause. And\u003cbr\u003e we see it ourselves. Our children rush around with too\u003cbr\u003e little time, too many gadgets, and too many\u003cbr\u003e distractions, seeking a place to play that is closest to an\u003cbr\u003e electrical outlet. But it doesn't have to be this way.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e1 Love Dirt!\u003c\/i\u003e is a call to parents, educators, and\u003cbr\u003e caregivers to help recover one of the greatest joys in\u003cbr\u003e childhood: spending time outdoors in nature. In five\u003cbr\u003e minutes, you can take children outside and turn their\u003cbr\u003e world around. This book will help you to do that.\u003cbr\u003e These fifty-two open-ended activities offer a wealth\u003cbr\u003e of creative ways to give the outdoors back to your\u003cbr\u003e children. Be it cloud racing, stargazing, making a playdate\u003cbr\u003ewith a puddle, or building a bird feeder out of\u003cbr\u003e snow, \u003ci\u003eI Love Dirt!\u003c\/i\u003e will encourage your kids to explore,\u003cbr\u003e discover, giggle, exercise, wonder, and have a blast\u003cbr\u003e with nature. Sidebars and prompts are used throughout\u003cbr\u003e the book to help you explain basic science and nature\u003cbr\u003e concepts to children. All you need to get started is the\u003cbr\u003e desire to open the door to a healthy relationship with\u003cbr\u003e nature. Soon your little ones will also discover that\u003cbr\u003e spending time outdoors offers the perfect opportunity\u003cbr\u003e to enjoy relaxation, quiet time, reflection, and insight.\u003cbr\u003e The outdoors is at your fingertips, be it a balcony, a\u003cbr\u003e backyard, a porch, or a playground. It is a place just\u003cbr\u003e waiting to be enjoyed and discovered. Time in nature\u003cbr\u003e is cost-free—as are the activities in this book—but the\u003cbr\u003e benefits will stay with your children for a lifetime.\u003cbr\u003e Together we can give the young minds of today—of\u003cbr\u003e our future—the greatest gift of all: an awakened\u003cbr\u003e awareness of the outdoor world.\u003cbr\u003e Thank you for caring enough to pick up this book. It\u003cbr\u003e is the first step to opening the door of discovery just\u003cbr\u003e waiting for you and your children outside. 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