Early childhood environmental education: A systematic review of the research literature

NM Ardoin, AW Bowers - Educational Research Review, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmental education focused on the early-childhood years is experiencing dynamic
growth in research and practice due to persistent environmental challenges coupled with …

Towards a more sustainable future: simple recommendations to integrate planetary health into education

S Baena-Morales, A Fröberg - The Lancet Planetary Health, 2023 - thelancet.com
Summary This Personal View presents recommendations aimed at integrating planetary
health into various stages of education, which are simple but effective, and designed with …

Young children's contributions to sustainability: The influence of nature play on curiosity, executive function skills, creative thinking, and resilience

J Ernst, F Burcak - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Environmental education for young children has great potential for fostering the skills,
values, and dispositions that support sustainability. While North American guidelines …

Nature-Based Education and Kindergarten Readiness: Nature-Based and Traditional Preschoolers are Equally Prepared for Kindergarten.

TS Cordiano, A Lee, J Wilt, A Elszasz, LK Damour… - International Journal of …, 2019 - ERIC
Time spent outdoors benefits children's physical, social and psychological development,
although children today spend far less time outdoors than children of previous generations …

“You don't wanna teach little kids about climate change”: Beliefs and Barriers to Sustainability Education in Early Childhood

JL Ginsburg, S Audley - International Journal of Early …, 2020 - scholarworks.smith.edu
To support a sustainable planet, preschools need to engage young children with
sustainability education. In the United States of America (USA), nature-based preschool …

Three-to Six-Year-Olds Demonstration of Connection to Nature at a Montessori School in the Upper Midwest.

N Yates - International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental …, 2024 - ERIC
Children are born into a world today with a drastically changing environmental climate.
When young people develop an emotional attachment and sense of identity with nature …

Investigation of environmental awareness and attitudes of children attending nature centred private kindergartens and public kindergartens

K Biber, H Cankorur, RS Güler… - Australian Journal of …, 2023 - cambridge.org
The aim of the research is to examine the environmental awareness and attitudes towards
the environment of 5–6-year-old children attending nature-centred private kindergartens and …

Supporting School Readiness Naturally: Exploring Executive Function Growth in Nature Preschools.

J Zamzow, J Ernst - International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental …, 2020 - ERIC
This study utilized the Minnesota Executive Function Scale to quantitatively explore the
influence of nature preschools on executive function skills, which are a critical component of …

Visiting the forest with kindergarten children: Forest suitability

M Nastran - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
By providing ecosystem services, urban forests contribute significantly to the well-being of
urban populations. Urban forests, along with other urban green spaces, are often the closest …

Children's views on why environmental protection is important: Are nature-based schools enough?

B Ahi, G Kaya, D Kahriman-Pamuk - The Journal of Educational …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This research aims to understand Turkish children's views on why protecting the
environment is important and to identify the role of schools in the rationales that underlie …