Nature’s Impact on Child Growth & Development
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Child & the Natural Environment
Nature plays a significant role in promoting children's health, growth, and development across physical, psychological, social, and cognitive domains. Exposure to natural environments and outdoor activities has been shown to have numerous positive effects on children's overall well-being.
In this section, we’ll explore an overview of how nature impacts children's health and development in the following domains:
- Physical Health
- Mental Health
- Cognitive Development
- Social-Emotional Development
TASK: Read “Children & the Natural Environment”, a chapter found in the textbook “Environmental Psychology”