References

Microcosmos-Le People de l'herbe 1996 directed by Claude Nuridsany and Marie Perennon

Life in the Undergrowth programmes BBC David Attenborough http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/lifeintheundergrowth/video.shtml

'Honey I shrunk the kids' 1989 Walt Disney productions Directed by Joe Johnston

The Private Life of Plants programmes BBC 1995 David Attenborough

Last Child in the Woods : Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder Richard Louv (2008)

Sharing Nature with Children II Joseph Cornell (1989)

The Sense of Wonder Rachel Carson (1965) New Edition 1998

Observe and Learn Worms Mollie Clarke (1974)

Botany For All Ages Jorie Hunken (1993)

Linnea's Windowsill Garden Christina Bjork and Lena Anderson (1988)

Using The Environment Resource Bank Dawn Sanders (2000)

The Analysis of Owl Pellets D.W.Yalden The Mammal Society (2003)

Wonderful Worms L.Glaser and L.Krupinski Millbrook Press (1992)

Playing Outside: Activities, Ideas and Inspiration for the Early Years Helen Bilton (2005)

Creating a Space to Grow: Developing your Outdoor Learning Environment Gail Ryder Richardson (2006)

The Ecology of Imagination in Childhood Edith Cobb (1977)

Children and Nature: Psychological, Sociocultural and Evolutionary Investigations

(2002) Peter H. Kahn, Jr., and Stephen R. Kellert (eds)

Multiple Intelligence Approaches to Assessment: Solving the Assessment Conundrum

David Lazer (1999)

The Hidden Forest Jeannie Baker (2000)

Caterpillar Butterfly Vivian French (2008)

Flower Garden (1994) Eve Bunting

Reflective Teaching Effective and Evidence-Informed Professional Practice Andrew Pollard (2002)

Taylor, Kuo and Sullivan 'Coping with ADD: The Surprising Connection to Green Play Settings' Environment and Behaviour 33,1 (2001) 54-77

Theories of Childhood: an introduction to Dewey, Montessori, Erickson, Piaget and Vygotsky

Carol Gerhart Mooney (2000)

The Teaching of Science in Primary Schools Wynne Harlen and Anne Qualter (2004)

We have drawn extensively on the work of 19th and 20th century nature study educators, authors such as Liberty Hyde Bailey, Eliza Brightwen, John Henry Comstock and Anna Botsford Comstock, to create our programme.

'Do not discourage the pupils by requiring them to memorize abstract statements concerning insects. Let their knowledge of the subject be based on personal observations.'

Insect Life: An introduction to Nature-Study and A Guide For Teachers, Students, and Others Interested in Out-Of Door Life' (1897) J.H and A. B. Comstock

'When we have the pupil chiefly in mind, we broaden his sympathies, multiply his points of contact with the world, quicken his imagination, and thereby deepen his life; a graded and systematic body of facts is of secondary importance.'

First Lessons with Plants: Being an abridgment of lessons with plants,suggestions for seeing and interpreting some of the common forms of vegetation. (1898) Liberty Hyde Bailey

'It has long been my belief that the study of botany should be approached through the garden rather than the schoolroom.'

Glimpses Into Plant-Life: An Easy Guide to the Study of Botany (1897) Eliza Brightwen

Buglife http://www.buglife.org.uk/