Researchers Find Time in Wild Boosts Creativity, Insight and Problem Solving Apr 23, 2012 11:32 pm - Posted by The Leave No Child Inside Collaboratives of Ohio Research conducted at the University of Kansas concludes that people from all walks of life show startling cognitive improvement after living for a few days in nature. read more Add Comment new Explore the Outdoors webpage 05/19/2011
Ohio Department of Natural Resources are very excited to officially launch our new Explore the Outdoors page at www.exploretheoutdoorsohio.com. It is a new look and will serve as conduit to promote activities and events across the state as well as a blog which will be updated on a regular basis highlighting news and big events in the state and/or country. We are also now on Facebook… http://www.facebook.com/ExploretheOutdoors And Twitter… http://twitter.com/OhioExplore And you can sign up for our RSS feed at… http://exploretheoutdoorsohio.com/index.php/feed/ We will also be producing posters promoting Explore the Outdoors which will be available very soon. And also as a fyi this new site is completely mobile friendly J We are definitely trying to take the step in promoting our events and locations by moving towards mobile friendly sites. And with more and more people purchasing and using smart phones, we felt moving in this direction was important. Please forward this on to anyone who you think would be interested. And don’t forget to like us on Facebook and to follow us on Twitter. If you would like me to post you events on this site please send them to me ASAP. I have inputted quite a few already and still have some work to do on the site but at least we are live and can add as we go. Thanks again and let me know if you have any questions. And don’t forget to Explore the Outdoors!! Jason Fallon Public Relations and Marketing Coordinator Ohio Department of Natural Resources 2045 Morse Road, D-3 Columbus, OH 43229 614. 265. 6842 Jason.Fallon@dnr.state.oh.us www.ohiodnr.com Northwest Ohio Leave No Child Inside Collaborative, The Olander Park System, 'Core-City' Sylvania, and TEAM Sylvania support: 2011: The International Year of Forests, People of African Descent, and Youth January 2011: Resolve to Respect Life and the Environment Starting with the year 2011, 'Diversity' still tops the list of options as The United Nations' 2010 International Year of Biodiversity makes way for the 2011 International Year of Forests, People of African Descent, and Youth. What We Are Doing: In 2011, to facilitate the right for all Ohio children to be Happier! Healthier! Smarter!, the Ohio Leave No Child Inside Collaboratives will make monthly suggestions for 'out-of-door' advocates to design outdoor opportunities around official yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily themes. For January 2011, we suggest promoting the following monthly, weekly and daily themes. Stay tuned each month for more themes to celebrate! January Monthly International Qualilty of Life Month National Poverty Awareness in America National Mentoring Month Shape Up US Month January Weekly Celebration of Life Week: 1-7 International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week: 9-15 Bald Eagle Appreciation Days: 15-17 National Medical Group Practice Week: 24-28 National Take Back Your Time Week: 25-29 January Daily National Cut Your Energy Cost Day: 10 Humanitarian Day: 15 Miss America Pageant Day: 15 (Good Luck, Miss Ohio!) Kid Inventors Day: 17 National Hugging Day: 21 Celebration of Life Day: 22 Belly Laugh Day: 24 Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement: 26 Inspire Your Heart with Art Day: 31 For the real enthusiast who would like to view all the possibilities for the entire 2011 year, just go to www.brownielocks.com/january.htm ...Dozens more await you... For your convenience, a list encompassing the entire year will soon be availble. Contact Sandra Gratop at sgratop@olanderpark.com The National Wildlife Federation just released an informative report linking environmental education with psychological, cognitive, and educational outcomes. It's an easy read and has some materials and statistics that you may want to share. http://www.nwf.org/Get-Outside/~/media/PDFs/Be%20Out%20There/Back%20to%20School%20full%20report.ashx This article from Ohio Magazine describes why spending time outdoors "recharges our brains' batteries." Click HERE to read the article. How and Why to Get Kids Outdoors 09/28/2010
New report from the National Wildlife Federation links the decline in outdoor play with the decline in kids' health. Read more about the report HERE Get Out On The Trails! 06/29/2010
Looking for a Hiking Trail, Biking Trail or Water Trail?? Check out this list of Ohio Trails from Ohio Department of Natural Resources: http://ohiodnr.com/?TabId=11915 From LNCI Central Ohio Collaborative Physical Activity Can Boost Student Performance, Government Review Finds. USA Today (4/15, Hellmich) reports that a “government review of research shows that kids who take breaks from their class work to be physically active during the school day are often better able to concentrate on their school work and may do better on standardized tests. … ‘Some short-sighted people thought that cutting back on time spent on physical education to spend more time drilling for tests would improve test scores,’” yet the opposite appears to be true, says Howell Wechsler, director of the Division of Adolescent and School Health for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Wechsler “and colleagues reviewed 50 studies that examined the effect of school-based physical activity on academic performance.” Kids Nature Thing - Signs of Spring 04/29/2010
Check out ODNR Ohio State Park's "Kids Nature Thing" It's a web site that teaches kids about something in nature. The topic changes periodically. The current topic is "Signs of Spring." Learn about spring rain, spring flowers, and baby wildlife. Publication on the Value of Recess 03/15/2010
Check out this great piece of comparative research on the value of recess: State of Play/Value of Recess |  CategoriesAll ArchivesMarch 2012 |
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