The strong relationship between children and nature is represented in many children’s picturebooks published in Italy in the last decades. In the array of picturebooks and wordless books the relationship between detail and the big picture is also displayed, as an invitation to discover connections between distant elements. In contemporary reflections about outdoor education practices, children’s picturebook appear as a useful tool to involve teachers and parents in a reflection about respect of “natural rights” of children, as Zavalloni called it, such as moving around, experiencing contacts with natural elements and animals, take time to observe and feel, take risks of adventures. Nurturing a real contact with the “anima mundi” and natural rhythms is an urgent issue and challenge today, and it requires attention to life and a responsibility for collective imagination. In children’s picturebooks there are places, events and symbols that can establish new paths to raise “cosmic” citizens of our planet.
La relazione fra bambini e natura viene rappresentata frequentemente negli albi illustrati contemporanei. Lo scaffale editoriale per ragazzi svela autentici inviti al guardare con attenzione, al riconoscimento dei rapporti fra il piccolo e il grande, all’osservazione delle interconnessioni fra elementi distanti. Nelle recenti riflessioni pedagogiche che riguardano l’OE o educazione all’aperto i libri illustrati si mostrano come alleati educativi capaci di coinvolgere educatori, insegnanti e genitori e di suscitare ragionamenti e pratiche attorno ai “diritti naturali” dei bambini, come li chiama Zavalloni, cioè le esperienze di movimento, contatto diretto con la natura, tempo lento per osservare e sentire, rischio e avventura. La sfida pedagogica urgente del recupero di un rapporto vitale con “l’anima mundi”, i ritmi naturali e il contatto con l’ambiente richiama a una responsabilità che riguarda l’immaginario collettivo: negli albi illustrati per bambini ci sono luoghi, storie e simboli che possono mostrare direzioni utili per crescere cittadini “cosmici”.
Terrusi, M. (2018). The Green Ship: Reading through Branches and Waves. Growing Outdoors with Contemporary Children's Picturebooks | La nave verde: leggere fra onde e rami. Diventare grandi all’aperto, negli albi illustrati contemporanei. ENCYCLOPAIDEIA, 22(50), 79-91 [10.6092/issn.1825-8670/7920].
The Green Ship: Reading through Branches and Waves. Growing Outdoors with Contemporary Children's Picturebooks | La nave verde: leggere fra onde e rami. Diventare grandi all’aperto, negli albi illustrati contemporanei
Terrusi M
2018
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The strong relationship between children and nature is represented in many children’s picturebooks published in Italy in the last decades. In the array of picturebooks and wordless books the relationship between detail and the big picture is also displayed, as an invitation to discover connections between distant elements. In contemporary reflections about outdoor education practices, children’s picturebook appear as a useful tool to involve teachers and parents in a reflection about respect of “natural rights” of children, as Zavalloni called it, such as moving around, experiencing contacts with natural elements and animals, take time to observe and feel, take risks of adventures. Nurturing a real contact with the “anima mundi” and natural rhythms is an urgent issue and challenge today, and it requires attention to life and a responsibility for collective imagination. In children’s picturebooks there are places, events and symbols that can establish new paths to raise “cosmic” citizens of our planet.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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