Nature s Classroom: Saving what we love, part four: Rhythm and movement
David Anthony Martin
This is the thirty-ninth in a series of articles from the staff of the Nature & Wildlife Discovery Center that will provide resources, ideas, and suggestions for families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch for future articles with outdoor activity ideas for students and families. The public can help the nonprofit NWDC get through this challenging time by making a donation at https://hikeandlearn.org/donate-covid-19-pandemic-relief/. Join NWDC for guided hikes and other exciting nature programs listed here: https://hikeandlearn.org/programs-and-events/.
Part One of this Saving What We Love series spoke to the importance of the frontal lobe’s development in childhood and its role in memory and reward, planning and drive, and decision making and self-discipline, and it focused on mirror neurons as one of the ways to create those vital connections. Part Two focused on the benefits of intera
This is the thirty-eighth in a series of articles from the staff of the Nature & Wildlife Discovery Center that will provide resources, ideas, and suggestions for families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch for future articles with outdoor activity ideas for students and families. The public can help the nonprofit NWDC get through this challenging time by making a donation at https://hikeandlearn.org/donate-covid-19-pandemic-relief/. Join NWDC for guided hikes and other exciting nature programs listed here: https://hikeandlearn.org/programs-and-events/.
Part one of this Saving What We Love series spoke to the importance of the frontal lobe’s development in childhood and its role in memory and reward, planning and drive, and decision-making and self-discipline, and it focused on mirror neurons as one of the ways to create those vital connections. Part Two focused on the ways that interactive play benefits the frontal lobe’s development.