Until the Streetlights Come On – How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future
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.
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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
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781540903402
- Utgivelsesår
- 2024
- Format
- 22 x 14 cm
Om forfatteren
Ginny Yurich is a homeschooling mother of five and founder of 1000 Hours Outside, a global movement designed to reclaim childhood. Along with her husband, Josh, Ginny is a full-time creator and curator of the 1000 Hours Outside lifestyle brand, which includes a robust online store, an app, and books. She also hosts the
1000 Hours Outside weekly podcast. A thought leader in the world of nature-based play and its benefits for children, Ginny lives with her family in the Ann Arbor area of Michigan.