ABOUT THE SHOW
Stories of people doing the
work
Hopeful by Nature travels the world to find the educators, parents, organizers, and community leaders who are connecting young people to the natural world in ways that build something real. Each episode is a conversation with someone who refused to wait for permission — and built something anyway.
Hosted by Scott Shepherd, founder of Wildward Institute.
LATEST EPISODE
Episode 08 — Nature Deficit Disorder & Teaching Kids to Self-Regulate Outside | Amy Reyes-Hauff, Get Wild Wyoming
with Amy Reyes-Hauff of Get Wild Wyoming
ABOUT THE EPISODE
What twenty-seven years in early childhood education taught Amy Reyes-Hauff about nature and calm
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When I taught third grade, I built a unit around one question: what does it mean to be a wolf pack? We'd go outside, spread out across the field, and howl to call each other back together. It was our version of a safe word — a way for eight-year-olds to regroup once the world outside four walls had scattered their attention in six directions at once.
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I didn't think of it as anything more than a classroom management trick at the time. I know better now.
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