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 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Orono Parents" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [log in to unmask] >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Orono Parents" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [log in to unmask] >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Orono Parents" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [log in to unmask] >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Katie Quirk *|* Author > katie-quirk.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Orono Parents" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [log in to unmask] > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- *Deanna Fahey * President; Friends of the Orono Public Library Founder and Consultant www.naturebec.com www.bringingbackoutdoorplay.com ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the FRIENDS-OF-ORONO-SCHOOLS list, click the following link: http://lists.maine.edu/cgi/wa?SUBED1=FRIENDS-OF-ORONO-SCHOOLS&A=1