Natural learning
Subtitle: the life history of an environmental schoolyard
By: Robin C. Moore and Herb H. Wong.
Contributors: Wong, Herbert H.
Publisher: MIG Communications
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: School grounds -- California -- Berkeley -- Design -- Case studies; School environment -- California -- Berkeley -- Case studies; Environmental education -- California -- Berkeley -- Case studies; Outdoor education -- California -- Berkeley -- Case studies
Description: A "guidebook for teachers, administrators, designers, and parents on how to create, redevelop, and use naturalized schoolyards." Emphasizing the "value of play and play environments for child development," the book describes the evolution of the "Environmental Yard" at Washington Elementary School in Berkeley, California from an expanse of asphalt into an outdoor classroom, community space and play area populated with hundreds of species of plants and animals.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.