Natural learning

About this book

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.