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Deanna Fahey <[log in to unmask]>
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There are many resources on the benefits of outdoor play at my webpage:
www.bringingbackoutdoorplay.com
I love this conversation as it is a passion of mine!

Deanna

On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 9:08 PM, katie quirk <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Susan has my vote!
>
> The wonderful Megan Dreher of Asa and I chatted about outdoor schools and
> she pointed me to this article about a public school teacher in VT who
> takes her class outside for the whole day every Monday:
>
>
> http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/05/26/407762253/out-of-the-classroom-and-into-the-woods
>
>  She calls them Forest Mondays. Very inspiring to me, and a nice local
> model.
>
> Katie
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Rebecca Cross <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Susan Pinnett for president.
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Deb Soderberg <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Great news!  Just another reason to get outside this summer!  Thanks for
>>> the interesting read. I just posted the results on my white board and told
>>> the kids to get outside this summer:)
>>> Deb
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 9:07 AM, Susan Pinette <[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear fellow parents,
>>>>
>>>> I thought I would share two recent studies I recently read on the
>>>> connection between green spaces and cognitive development in children.  The
>>>> first two links lead to reports on the studies; the next two links lead to
>>>> the research publications themselves.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.psmag.com/nature-and-technology/nature-green-surroundings-linked-higher-student-test-scores-92438
>>>>
>>>> http://www.psmag.com/health-and-behavior/green-spaces-linked-to-kids-cognitive-development
>>>>
>>>> http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0108548
>>>> http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/06/09/1503402112.abstract
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Susan
>>>>
>>>> Susan Pinette
>>>>
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*Deanna Fahey                                  *

President; Friends of the Orono Public Library

Founder and Consultant
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www.bringingbackoutdoorplay.com

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