Rio Grande River Summary

1. Describe the intersection of children and nature referred to in this piece. The author stresses on the Rio Grande river and the importance of this river and how much it matter to the people of New Mexico. The people in New Mexico have been aware about how their actions has threaten the river causing harm to the river and resulting in being one of the endangered river on the Continent, The people in New Mexico have then made an effort to develop a river curriculum hoping to preserve the river. The more children interact with nature, the more they tend to know about it, and learn to care about it. The river curriculum might be an effective tool among children for preserving and protecting the river from causing further harm and being extinct, As children plant trees in the bank of the river, or tour sewage plant, they tend to be more familiar

The author mentions several conferences, examples, and argument to show that they have been trying to come up with ideas to protect the river. In addition, the author mentions about creating a curriculum for students that will encourage children to step out of their classroom and participate in programs that will help them preserve the river and the nature. The author seemed to believe in experiential learning. He wants the curriculum to be more practical based, that is he wants the children to learn more from their experiences and interaction from the nature. He accentuates on how children were more expressive and emotional when they sat near the river banks, bridges and shared what they read, and heard about the river. Furthermore, the author mentions how the children were inspired to express their own feelings and thoughts about the river. Similarly, the author focuses on telling on the current form of river curriculum which were three loose leaf notebooks, focusing more on sciences, social sciences, arts, and