Below you’ll find a free, downloadable draft of Circling the Sun, Racing the Wind’s collection of reimagined, traditional children’s games for place-based, ecological learning and more. Included in this draft are cards and auxiliary materials for numerous games and projects about the interactions between the various beings of the temperate forests of the eastern half of N. America. Many of these games have been mentioned, described, or even played at conference 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 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/
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Here’s a pdf of the book in case finances make it difficult for you to access the print version.
Circling the Sun, Racing the Wind Edith Pucci Couchman 9798987070789_ Educational Uses Only Not for Resale