Balanced and Barefoot by Angela Hanscom (book)

Playing outdoors has massive benefits for physical health esp at a young age: balance, strength. I learned while reading this book that we had to change the national standards for physical fitness because kids were simply not reaching the standards at all anymore. Children also get injured more because they are not as physically strong. We can remedy this.

Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv (book)

While there are some flaws in this book, Louvre did put the mainstream spotlight on the consequences of avoiding nature play (in the US at least, Scandinavians have had forest schools since the 1930s) with his sobering book. He raised awareness about all the benefits children gain in the forest learning how to trust  their bodies and themselves.

What’s the future of education in an AI world? (Part 1 and Part 2) (Podcasts)

Dr. Eagleman and Kahn think that the main concepts we need to teach kids now are creativity and critical thinking in order to be in control of the generative AI world.  Playing in the forest, where natural objects abound, helps to foster creativity. 

1000 Hours Outside has many fun activities to do outside and is organized by season. 

Almost any podcast by Raising Wildlings, the Forest Educator Podcast with a local educator Ricardo Sierra, and the book There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather by Linda McGurk is a popular starter book, easy-to-read, about getting outside.  All of these books are available in the Mid-York Public Library system.