Until the Streetlights Come on: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future
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Help your kids to grow up curious, resilient, and with a sense of adventure and community by making outside play a priority. This book shows you how.
The average American now spends just four to seven minutes outside each day, while we spend four to seven hours using devices with screens. Our physical, mental, emotional, and relational health has suffered--and so has that of our children.
But there is a solution: get outside
A homeschooling mother of five and the founder of the global 1000 Hours Outside movement, Ginny Yurich explains how we got to this point--and how to get back to a healthier, more engaging relationship with the world outside.
With a mom's heart and an educator's eye, Ginny shows you
● the importance of unstructured play for children
● what boredom actually contributes to our brains
● the value of sunlight and social play
● the role of play in lifelong learning
● how to make time outside more attractive than screen time to your child
The average American now spends just four to seven minutes outside each day, while we spend four to seven hours using devices with screens. Our physical, mental, emotional, and relational health has suffered--and so has that of our children.
But there is a solution: get outside
A homeschooling mother of five and the founder of the global 1000 Hours Outside movement, Ginny Yurich explains how we got to this point--and how to get back to a healthier, more engaging relationship with the world outside.
With a mom's heart and an educator's eye, Ginny shows you
● the importance of unstructured play for children
● what boredom actually contributes to our brains
● the value of sunlight and social play
● the role of play in lifelong learning
● how to make time outside more attractive than screen time to your child
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1540903400
ISBN13:9781540903402
Release Date:November 2023
Publisher:Baker Books
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.82 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"
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Perspective Changing book
Published by Flgirl , 1 year ago
I wondered if there would really be that much more to say after reading her first book, 1000 Hours Outside. But, wow - what a fabulous and motivating read. Ginny kindly but persistently shows reason after reason why we need to give our children a different kind of childhood than what the current norm is. So many examples of the damaging consequences of oversheduled, stressful lives and then so many benefits of what can happen when we pull back and make some adjustments.... Lots of good things to discuss and ponder!
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