For Your Parents

MPB also provides resources and helpful hints for parents and caregivers.  Parents, check below for ideas on how to encourage your children to learn. 

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Getting Your Kids to Plug into Nature

 

Kids have never been so plugged in to electronics, nor so out of touch with Mother Nature. And that’s a shame, because studies show that children who explore the outdoors are happier, more alert and curious. Kids who are out chasing butterflies and making mud pies even have more complex brain structures than those who spend hours in front of a computer screen, since experiencing new smells, sounds, sights, textures and terrains actually promotes brain development. 

Tips for helping kids plug into nature:

  •     Help kids see that nature is all around them.
  •     Take advantage of the changing seasons.
  •     Be intentional.
  •     Explore nature in the park.
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Parenting Tips

Parenting Tip #119 

Take time to do different spring and summer activities outdoors that can get your child envolved in nature.

 

 

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PBS Parents

PBS Parents, a place filled with parenting resources for parents and caregivers
For more information on the topic please visit: http://www.pbs.org/parents/issuesadvice/

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