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.
Lee Valley: Beautiful new wildlife centre opens in Hertfordshire where you can get lost in nature
The incredible centre opened this week for nature lovers to enjoy and explore the wildlife inside
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It s hard to believe 50 years ago much of the area was derelict and neglected (Image: Lee Valley)
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