Invisible Ink-a guest blog by Herb Broda

 <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Ja8AbQgYa6_o91TPyXXRHTO03Phv8CCJep2aNdSwwv2g9yvOxS4c3AMR7VL3j0_Pw1Z9sny9wZS32oaQFgVGyg0SYDPB_CeSjv7rfDrG6OZkesllpfn4FRPFFYgosQZJkMxgE4pwMZoK/s1600/GirlReadingOutside.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Ja8AbQgYa6_o91TPyXXRHTO03Phv8CCJep2aNdSwwv2g9yvOxS4c3AMR7VL3j0_Pw1Z9sny9wZS32oaQFgVGyg0SYDPB_CeSjv7rfDrG6OZkesllpfn4FRPFFYgosQZJkMxgE4pwMZoK/s200/GirlReadingOutside.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo from the Appalachian Mountain Club's <a href="http://greatkids.outdoors.org/2012/02/outdoorsy-kids-still-have-better.html" target="_blank">Web Site</a></td></tr></tbody></table> I will often reference other blogs that are relevent to the topic of outdoor, environmental and/or wildlife education here.  It's my pleasure today to reference one of my favorite people, Herb Broda with Ashland University, and his recent post on the Children and Nature Network's Blog.  Herb looks at how changes in children's literature are unfortunately a reflection of the decline in time spent outdoors by today's youth.  Enjoy!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/Herbert%20W.%20Broda%20is%20a%20professor%20of%20education%20at%20Ashland%20University%20in%20Ohio.%20He%20is%20the%20author%20of%20%22Schoolyard-Enhanced%20Learning:%20Using%20the%20Outdoors%20as%20an%20Instructional%20Tool%22%20and%20%22Moving%20the%20Classroom%20Outdoors:%20Schoolyard-Enhanced%20Learning%20in%20Action.%22%20He%20is%20also%20a%20leader%20of%20the%20Children%20&%20Nature%20Network's%20Natural%20Teachers%20Initiative." target="_blank">Invisible Ink: Is the Natural World Disappearing from Children's Books and Education?</a><br /><br /><br /><em>Herbert W. Broda is a professor of education at Ashland University in Ohio. He is the author of "Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning: Using the Outdoors as an Instructional Tool" and "Moving the Classroom Outdoors: Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning in Action." He is also a leader of the Children & Nature Network's Natural Teachers Initiative.</em>

Invisible Ink-a guest blog by Herb Broda

 Photo from the Appalachian Mountain Club's Web Site  I will often reference other blogs that are relevent to the topic of outdoor, en...

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