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Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature [Paperback]

Jon Young (Author), Evan McGown (Author), Ellen Haas (Author)
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Book Description

February 15, 2010
Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature has been hailed by Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods, as "good medicine for nature-deficit disorder." The first edition quickly became the essential guidebook for mentors, parents, teachers, camp directors, and others wanting fun and exciting ways to connect children (and adults!) with nature.

Now, the completely revised and updated Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature, 2nd Edition has been released. Written by Jon Young, Ellen Haas, and Evan McGown, Coyote's Guide 2nd Edition is an even more valuable resource for reconnecting people to the natural world.

Based on feedback from nature mentors and educators around the world, the second edition is not only more comprehensive it s grown from 408 to 548 pages but it s much easier to use, with beautiful full color photographs, a comprehensive index, and color codes that link the principles and activities for easier navigation.

Coyote mentoring is a method of learning that has been refined over thousands of years, based on instilling the need-to-know. Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature, 2nd Edition reveals this approach and what happens to student and teacher during the mentoring process. Strategies like questioning, storytelling, tracking, mapping, and practicing survival skills will inspire student curiosity and encourage self-sufficiency. Background information will help parents, teachers and others feel more confident in introducing children to new ways of experiencing and learning about the natural world.

As naturalist Jon Young writes in the Introduction, "Experience has taught me that Coyote Mentoring, working on so many levels, is by far the most effective learning and healing journey I have yet to encounter. I have seen people fully connect to the birds of their landscape, discovering hawks, foxes, and owls with the help of birds and other animals."

Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature, 2nd Edition will change the way you walk in the woods, whether by yourself or with your children.

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Coyote's Guide is like an ice-cubed drink of fresh-squeezed lemonade after a sun-blasted hike through the desert. This is nature education as it should be; mysterious, timeless, hopeful, evocative and playful. --David Sobel

This is good medicine for nature-deficit disorder. Coyote's Guide should become an essential resource for anyone who wants to revive their sense of kinship with nature but needs some help. --Richard Louv

The nature activities in Coyote's Guide are fantastic, I cannot wait to try them. This book has the power to change lives. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to share nature with others. --Joseph Cornell

Product Details

  • Paperback: 592 pages
  • Publisher: Owlink Media; Second edition (February 15, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1579940250
  • ISBN-13: 978-1579940256
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.5 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #227,886 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jon Young is the author of several works in the field of deep nature connection mentoring. Jon's work includes both audio products as well as books. He worked for fourteen years with a group of experienced leaders in nature mentoring to produce and co-author Coyote's Guide to Connecting to Nature. Jon also co-authored Animal Tracking Basics with Tiffany Morgan Campbell. Jon's work on the Kamana Naturalist Training Program (introductory book is called Exploring Natural Mysteries) has helped foster a world-wide network of naturalists numbering in the thousands.

Seeing Through Native Eyes is an audio series that has captured many a field professionals interest. This is one of those classic resources to help people get to know the nature in their own back yard and focus through the vast diversity of nature on core species to build connections with the natural world. Jon has been a deep nature connection mentor, wildlife tracker, author, workshop leader, consultant and inspiring public speaker for over twenty years. He travels to teach widely throughout North America and Europe, and South Africa. He is a leader in an international network of consultants and trainers working to help communities develop effective nature connection mentoring programs, and culture regeneration for communities and organizations.

Jon co-founded the 8 Shields Institute to help with developing a best-practices process for mentoring and nature connection work. Jon is currently working on a new book called What the Robin Knows about bird language which is scheduled for a March 2012 release. Visit Jon's website at www.JonYoung.org.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Touches the core of 'modernity's problem', and the solution!, October 19, 2010
This review is from: Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature (Paperback)
Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature is a fantastic tool for outdoor educators, teachers, parents or anyone who wants to explore techniques for reconnecting with the earth. Jon Young and Evan McGown -- in particular -- have studied with many ancient skills instructors and native peoples around the world. The hands-on, experiential exercises offered in Coyote's Guide intentionally reflect a fun-yet-serious "trickster" approach to learning: if students are thoroughly enjoying themselves immersed in 'the wild world' -- not dominated by fear but impassioned by curiosity -- they may not be aware of the depth of the lessons and growth they are receiving.

This is not intended to deceive, rather to access the ancient forms of teaching found in native societies but fundamentally missing in modern schools: namely FUN! Evan, Jon and Ellen have put immense effort into explaining to the educator how the techniques work, their implementation and the guidance to experiment and solution-build on the "fly."

You see, it is not only learning that should be fun, but teaching as well! Congratulations to the authors for delivering a powerhouse tool for teachers. Richard Louv's introduction is credit enough...but we should all be grateful to have folks like Jon Young reconnecting us to the wisdom of our ancestors.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Coyote's Guide, May 5, 2011
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This book should be a textbook for every classroom and on a book shelf in every home! It is full of methods, stories, games and ideas created to help connect people with nature. It works! I have designed and implemented successful nature programs for children and adults based on the principles and exercises in Coyote's Guide. I've made good use of the affiliate's guide in the back of the book as well. It is a pleasure to read and a joy to share with others. It's a great gift book!
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5.0 out of 5 stars The way humans should be taught., May 31, 2010
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Mr. Young has created a template for exposing people to the outdoors that allows them to understand their connection to the planet. This is a very hard book for me to review,as I can only ask you to read it, practice, and experence it.
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