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Down to Earth Forest School

TANGIBLE RESOURCES

Outdoor Education:

Coyotes Guide to Connecting with Nature — John Young

Braiding Sweetgrass — Robin Wall Kimmerer

Last Child in the Woods — Richard Louv

There’s No Such Thing as Bad Weather — Linda Åkeson McGurk

Balanced & Barefoot — Angela Hanscom

Dirt is Good — Jack Gilbert and Rob Knight

Nature Preschools and Forest Kindergartens — David Sobel 

Education:

Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life — Peter Gray

The Case Against Education — Bryan Caplan

Educated: A Memoir — Tara Westover

How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character — Paul Tough

Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It — Jennifer Breheny Wallace

Smart Moves: Why Learning is Not All in Your Head — Carla Hannaford

Top shelf parenting books:

Positive Discipline for Preschoolers — Jane Nelsen, Cheryl Erwin, Roslyn Ann Duffy

All Joy and No Fun: the Paradox of Modern Parenting — Jennifer Senior

You are your Child’s First Teacher — Rahima Baldwin Dancy

Magical Child — Joseph Chilton Pearce

Brain Rules for Baby — John Medina

 

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Down to Earth Forest School is a nonprofit all-outdoor school serving preK — 5th grade students from throughout the Portland-metro area. We operate out of Mary S. Young Park in West Linn, Oregon.

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