Want an educational boardgame, toy or book for your child, family or school? Explore nature, cooperative play and outdoor recreation with our products. Welcome to Child and Nature! Remember those first encounters with nature? As a curious, spirited child, perhaps you found a special outdoor place to play where you  searched for bugs and worms, or tried to catch frogs and minnows in a nearby creek or lightning bugs in the neighborhood park?  Perhaps you and the neighborhood kids were free-ranging, rambunctious children that needed   unstructured play and looked forward
to autumn, raking up leaves and taking swan dives into the crunchy piles.  During wintertime, perhaps you gathered friends to play boardgames… everyone sprawled out on the floor eating popcorn and filling the room with laughter. Playing indoor and outdoor games and having a relationship with the natural world is essential to a child's development.  We all need a standard daily dose of play and time spent outdoors in nature, just as there are standard daily dose requirements for minerals and vitamins. Yet, for many reasons, access and availability to these areas is gradually diminishing. If there are ample captivating and inspiring play opportunities, we will not have to worry about children glued to TV's and computers.   Play not only prevents sedentary lifestyles but also provides lasting, happy childhood memories. To compliment children's awareness and appreciation of the natural world, we are devoted to supplying parents, their children and teachers with exceptional educational and cooperative boardgames (e.g. our Save the Whales and Rainbowland games), outdoor playthings, books and films – all emphasizing cooperative play and the joy and wonder nature offers. Learning and using
cooperative concepts builds social skills and can open eyes to nature's cooperative, remarkable and wonderous ways (eg. bees pollinating crops). All our products are selected to encourage childhood play and are appropriate for all types of gatherings and ages. When play becomes an integral part of life it can help establish a life-long pattern of playfulness. Ken and Jann Kolsbun

______________________________________________ Child and Nature is located 55 miles north of San Francisco's beautiful Golden Gate Bridge. The old black and white photos throughout our website are from Ken and his sister's childhood. Copyright 2005, Child and Nature P.O. Box 493, Forestville, CA 95436 Phone: 707-887-0144  Fax: 707-887-8754 Sitemap