Resources and Recommended Reading

Books

Cultural Creatives, by Paul H. Ray, Sherry Ruth Anderson (temporary link while Cultural Creatives website under reconstruction)

Coyote’s Guide to Connecting With Nature, by Jon Young, Ellen Haas, and Evan McGown

Last Child in the Woods, by Richard Louv

Brain Rules, by John Medina

Articles

Between Two Worlds: Malidoma Somé on Rites of Passage - The Sun Interview, July 2010, Issue: 415

“Direct Experience in Nature and Mentoring are Key Elements for Childrens love of Nature and other health benefits”- Chawla, 2006, Norwegian Centre for Child Research at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

“In Search of a New Model on an Educative Adolescents’ Rites of Passage” – Protasia Gathendoh, November 2006

“Camping, hiking and fishing in the wild as a child breeds respect for environment in adults” – Cornell University Chronicle Online, March 2006

“Brain Seeks Patterns Where None Exist” – Scientific American, October 2008

“The Importance of Dramatic Play” – Tammy R. Benson, Ed.D., August 2004

 

Organize this by topics:

Resilience:

http://ohioline.osu.edu/b875/b875_1.html

Fostering resilience in children