1st Edition
Nature, Spirituality, and Early Childhood Education Fostering Children’s Awareness and Responsibility through Outdoor Learning
Preamble. Children’s spirituality in the outdoor space: seven vignettes.
Chapter One. Children’s spirituality, nature and Early Childhood policy.
Chapter Two. Children’s spirituality, nature and frameworks of understanding.
Chapter Three. Children’s spirituality, nature and Early Childhood foundations.
Chapter Four. Children’s spirituality, nature and Early Childhood practice.
Chapter Five. Children’s spirituality, nature and pedagogy.
Chapter Six. Children’s spirituality and nature: recommendations for policy and practice.
Biography
Ruth Wills is a Lecturer in Early Childhood in the School of Education, Liverpool Hope University, UK, and a part-time teacher in a Primary School.
'Wills provides a compelling case for the value of outdoor learning on children’s development. It is important reading for all those working or supporting practitioners in Early Childhood settings and would benefit any reader interested in pupil spirituality, well-being and supporting children as agents of change.'
- Ryan Parker, in the International Journal of Children's Spirituality (February, 2026)
