In line with my first post -- check out David Sobel's work. One of his books, paged through but not read yet, Children's Special Places: Exploring the Role of Forts, Dens and Bush Houses in Middle Childhood. It is great to be reaffirmed in knowing the nature of our connection to place. Remember we all started in a small confined secure roundish softish darkish place unless we were bottle babies (need decanting ala Brave New World?). And remember the urge to be rabbitish (ala Felix Salton and then later Watership Down). And I'll never forget the autumnal games of gathering piles of leaves and being mama bird in the family nests.
There will be later posts about maps, and my extensive use of maps in teaching, but I've got to back to my writing now, tucked down into my burrow.
Thanks to my friend Liz who gave me David Sobel's name!
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