Below you’ll find a free, downloadable early draft of the Circling the Sun, Racing the Wind collection of reimagined, traditional children’s games. Also included in this draft are cards and auxiliary materials for a number of the games and projects. Many of the games themselves were mentioned, described, or even played at presentations including those for the March 29th, 2025 NHEE Conference, the March 6th, 2025 NH Farm to School Webinar, the October 13, 2023 Upper Valley Place Based Education Conference, the April 6, 2023 NH Farm to School Webinar, and a workshop at the July 31st to August 3rd, 2019 Natural Start Alliance’s Nature-Based Early Learning Conference.
A slightly expanded, well-edited, print version of this book was published by Green Writers Press of Brattleboro, Vermont on November 19th, 2024. For more information, please check here: https://greenwriterspress.com/book/circling-the-sun-racing-the-wind/
If you’d like to add this book to your own library or to that of your organization, you can purchase it through Bookstop: https://bookshop.org/p/books/circling-the-sun-racing-the-wind-active-games-and-creative-dramatics-to-introduce-youngsters-to-their-fellow-beings-in-north-america-s-northeastern-ed/19791761?ean=9798987070789&next=t&affiliate=13094
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