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Local photographers on the perfect senior portrait.

15 How to keep your kid

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16 A high school senior strives

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17 In RiverBluff, a tree house

creates community.

19 Picture books from local

author Hannah Barnaby.

Back to nature: Why getting your kid outside matters, both physically and mentally.

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20 This season’s events.

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beginnings Don’t forget to hydrate! Water tips for summer adventurers (p.15)  Albemarle school board’s youngest member? (p.16)  A community tree house collabs with kids (p.17)  A Q&A with local picture book author Hannah Barnaby (p.19)  Get out and do something: More than a dozen events for summer (p.20)

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GONE ARE THE days of a simple cap-and-gown shot. A senior portrait in 2017 means a photo that’s personal, creative and authentic. “The senior portrait is one of those historical visual documents that we come to treasure later in life,” says photographer Jen Fariello. “[It’s] become so much more real and I think that really adds to its value for both the senior and the parents.” And, it’s a confidence-booster.

“I photograph mostly high school girls and, at that time in their lives, often they are in a season of not feeling good enough or beautiful enough,” says photographer Meredith Sledge. “I love to make them feel gorgeous through my lens.”

We asked Sledge, Fariello and a couple other local photogs what makes for a good senior portrait. Here are a few of their tips to get the most from a session.

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KEEP IT SIMPLE. While it might be tempting to go super glam or full-on fashion model, in the long run, it’s best to be authentically you. “I am always eager to create something classic and real,” Fariello says. In other words, go easy on the makeup and hair gel.

LOOK YOUR BEST. Choose two outfits (one casual, one dressier) that won’t be regrettable years from now. “You don’t want to look back at the picture in 10 or 20 years, and ask ‘Why did I wear that?’” says photographer Aaron Watson. Ditto something comfy. Says Fariello, “If you are even remotely uncomfortable in your outfit, it will show.”

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. When it comes to the setting, choose a spot that feels personal but not over-styled.

Says Watson, “If they live on a farm, I go to the farm. If they love being downtown, we’ll go downtown!” If you’re having

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LESS IS MORE. Props can add visual interest to a photo, but can also veer a little cheesy, so only choose ones that are personal to you and incorporate them in a subtle way.

Things like furniture and balloons are usually just a distraction. “Often times my seniors will wear a jersey from their sports team or bring a soccer ball to kick around,” says Sledge. “I go for a more natural feel in my photos, so more often than not, my clients are focused on fun outfits rather than props.” Speaking of which...

trouble deciding, your photographer can make suggestions. Sarah Cramer Shields, for instance, recommends the Downtown Mall, Saunders-Monticello Trail and even local vineyards.

BOOK EARLY. The best time of year for senior portraits is late summer or early fall and the most popular photographers book weeks (or even months!) in advance, so plan

ahead. Sledge recommends scheduling three to six months out.

DOUBLE BOOK. To get the most bang for your buck (expect to spend at least a few hundred dollars for a photo sesh), bring the family along and have the photographer snap a few photos of everyone together. “It can make the investment in hiring a professional feel even more valuable,” Fariello says. CAITE WHITE

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Hot take Is your kid getting enough water?

SUMMER’S HERE AND it’s hot, so don’t let the risk of dehydration ruin your little one’s fun in the sun. Local pediatrician Paige Perriello offers a few tips to tell whether your child could use a gulp of water and how to keep it flowing all season long.

“The first thing that kids will usually tell you is that they’re thirsty,” she says. “If they tell you they’re thirsty, you’re already a little bit behind.”

For babies, an inordinate amount of wet diapers, crying without tears and lethargy are often signs that they need to hydrate.

For kids of all ages, other symptoms of dehydration include irritability, dizziness, dry mouth and low energy levels.

“Certainly some simple things can help prevent it and help people feel better,” Perriello says. “Just having a water bottle that they have full and continue to fill throughout the day is the best prevention.”

And hydration 20 to 30 minutes before intense activity usually does the trick.

But just because kids are consuming liquids doesn’t mean they’re hydrating, she adds.

“Caffeinated drinks can be particularly problematic because they can increase your chance of getting dehydrated,” Perriello says.

“For every soda you drink you need a couple glasses of water to compensate for it.”

Juices don’t work against the body as much as soda, according to Perriello, but the high sugar content doesn’t do it any favors. Gatorade and other sports drinks— also high in sugar—tend to be unnecessary

unless a child is exerting particularly high energy levels by participating in events such as sports camps.

How much agua is enough agua?

“There is such a thing as too much water, but that mostly comes into play with infants,” she says. She typically recommends that infants under the age of six months stick to breast milk or formula, but introducing small amounts of water at the six-month mark is reasonable.

For bigger kids, there’s some disparity.

“Typically, people say to drink seven to eight glasses a day, but nobody ever really knows what that means,” she says, so a large water bottle or three or four smaller ones should do the trick. “More than that, it’s just important to think about continuing to drink water during the day.” SAMANTHA BAARS

Shield those rays They might whine and moan about being covered in the thick white paste, but children in the sunshine need sunscreen.

And on cloudy days, too! Pediatrician Paige Perriello says some of the worst sunburns she sees are on the beet-red bodies of kids who took cloud cover as an excuse to ditch the SPF. “Just because it’s a cloudy day doesn’t mean you don’t need sunblock,” she says. “Clouds are a filter for the UV light, but they don’t block it.”

Limit sun exposure during the hottest points of the day, from 10 or 11am until 3 or 4pm when UV rays are the strongest, says Perriello.

Sunscreen is not recommended for babies younger than six months old, so she suggests physically blocking their skin with lightweight clothing that won’t cause them to overheat. For older babies and kids, she recommends a sunscreen in the 30-50 SPF range applied 15 or 20 minutes before going outside and reapplied every couple of hours, especially after water play.

When using a spray sunscreen, be aware that the coverage isn’t as complete; Perriello says it should never be sprayed directly on the face, but rather on the hands and then applied onto the face.

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Flying in the face of convention Western Albemarle student hopes to win school board seat

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negatively affect everyone,” he says, admitting that he has sometimes struggled as a student.

“We need to move away from the standards model and expand out of the classroom by offering experiential opportunities that allow students to work in communities, which would provide a more well-rounded educational experience.”

As for preschool, Waters says he feels lucky to have attended a good one. “And I think we do ourselves a disservice by not having a district-wide preschool, which would create equity, reduce academic deficiencies and help enormously with social barriers.”

Because he’s only 17 (he turns 18 in September), Waters is legally required to be accompanied by an older family member or friend when he’s collecting the 125 signatures he needs by June 13 to get on the November 7 general election ballot (he currently has about 100). When he knocks

Western Albemarle High School senior Julian Waters hopes to join the Albemarle County School Board come November.

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ON A RECENT Thursday, Julian Waters was giving blood while answering a magazine reporter’s questions—a typical morning of multitasking for a busy politician. But Waters isn’t your typical politician. The Western Albemarle High School senior is running for the Samuel Miller District seat on the Albemarle County School Board. The youngest person ever to do so, he says his desire to seek elected office kicked into high gear when his father asked him two questions several months ago: Have you thought about taking a gap year? And what would you do if you did?

Waters says the idea of running for school board began to percolate a couple years ago when WAHS administrators wouldn’t allow him to start a model aviation/drone club. “It was frustrating that I couldn’t bridge the gap between my personal passion and an extracurricular at school,” he says.

When a new principal took the reins at Western, Waters made his case again, this time with more success: “We got on track with the rest of the school’s clubs, and started flying that fall,” he says. “Being able to go to school and fly during lunch made [high school] so much more valuable to me, and I want to give the people who feel left behind because they can’t do what I did the same options—we lose value in education when everyone doesn’t have the same opportunities.”

Waters, who shares his passion for model aviation with younger students during a weekly club at Henley Middle School, is a two-time participant in the Tom Tom Founders Festival’s Youth Summit, where this year he was on a panel devoted to changing education. In 2016, he addressed educators and administrators at the World Maker Faire’s Education Forum in New York, and locally, he’s helping craft High School 2022, an initiative aimed at making workrelated learning part of Albemarle County’s high school curriculum. Waters says his school board campaign currently has two main focuses: perspective and preschool.

His perspective comes from being in the classroom and working every day with students and teachers. “I understand how learning standards can positively and

on doors, the people who answer are “very positive, and they’re more curious than anything else,” he says. “A lot of them are open to having a younger perspective, and they want to know how they can help.”

Waters, who’s running against incumbent Graham Paige, a retired WAHS science teacher who took office in 2015 after winning a special election, has put together a small team made up of high schoolers plus his mother, who serves as the campaign’s treasurer. “We’ll really ramp up once I officially announce my candidacy in June— or maybe sooner,” he says.

If he wins in the fall, Waters plans to attend college locally so he can fulfill his four-year term. “It’s been such a great, positive experience so far,” he says, adding that his hope is to “offer fresh perspective that further strengthens the [county’s] thriving community of lifelong learners, and broadens learning opportunities to engage each and every student.” SUSAN SORENSEN

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AFTER A DECADE spent living with a hand-me-down outdoor playhouse, Charlottesville’s RiverBluff community decided to do its children a favor and upgrade. “Originally, the community was designed with a small private playground in mind,” says RiverBluff resident Janet Evergreen, who helped spearhead the project. “So when we held our annual homeowners association potluck [in 2015], we brought crayons and art supplies and asked the neighborhood’s children to get together and draw their ideal playground.”

Thrilled at being asked for their input, the children gave feedback so robust that the 20-home community decided to form an all-inclusive committee and work to draft a plan to replace the existing structure. “It was important that these decisions be made with all the generations in mind, because we wanted the space to be kid-centric but community-centered,” says Evergreen.

Collaborating as a neighborhood, the group shared ideas on Pinterest, held meetings and, enlisting the help of resident architect Camilo Bearman, began to make drawings. Nestled atop a steep, idyllic hillside overlooking the Rivanna River, the playground needed to be more than just a fun place for kids to play—a community gathering point, that’s what RiverBluff was after. “I work designing schools, so I have a very acute understanding of how adults experience spaces that are designed for children,” said Bearman. “We wanted something very oriented to nature that would allow for creative outdoor play while also being attractive to adults.”

A bit under a year later, the community settled on a wooden stilt house hugging a massive hillside oak with terraced levels with Adirondack chairs, a picnic table and small gardens. Researching costs, Evergreen realized they could install a custom,

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Community building RiverBluff rallies around neighborhood tree house

locally built structure for about the same amount of money it would take to purchase something prefabricated. Asking around, she found Builderbeast LLC, a small company owned by master art/design builder Jason Roberson.

“Where we built there’s a very steep ravine dropping down to the Rivanna— you’re only six feet off the ground, but it looks really high due to the drop,” he says.

“We played on that effect by designing the structure to give you a sense of being perched in the canopy. That way the kids can climb through, be safe, but have an adventure.” Toward that end, Roberson installed a ladder-like climbing wall and knotted ropes, created a zig-zagging walkway and used slatted siding for the angular stilt house, which extends outward

The neighborhood tree house includes a ladder-like climbing wall and knotted ropes, plus a zig-zag walkway.

from the hillside toward the river. For further fun, swings were integrated into the structure and a slide was built into the slope. “We brought in these huge rocks and made a rock scramble nestled into the already cool topography, which was a real bonus,” says Roberson.

Now, with the project completed and community gardeners beginning to install landscaping, Bearman says the space has become a part of the daily life of the neighborhood—in fact, the community held its spring potluck at the playground. “It was truly a community project,” says Evergreen.

“There were just so many layers of involvement and art and beauty. It really shows what can happen when we work together and respect one another and bring our different gifts to the table.” ERIC WALLACE

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BEFORE HANNAH BARNABY became a writer, she was an editor at Houghton Mifflin. It was there that the process of creating picture books first fascinated her. Yet it wasn’t until after the birth of her children that she began to read enough picture books to really understand how they worked. During the five years that she’s called Charlottesville home, Barnaby has published two young adult novels. This summer, her first two picture books will be published. Bad Guy features a mischievous boy who targets his sister and his toys with his diabolical schemes while Garcia and Colette follows the adventures and friendship of a rabbit and fox. In anticipation of their publication, we sat down with Barnaby to ask about her process.

What was the inspiration for Bad Guy and Garcia and Colette?

Bad Guy was inspired by a rule at my son’s preschool: “There are no bad guys on our playground.” I kind of ran with that and said, “If he can’t be a bad guy on the playground for real, what if I can create this character that can just sort of run wild?”

But there has to be consequences for that.

And then for Garcia and Colette, I was at a dinner at UVA sitting between someone applying to the astronomy Ph.D. program and someone whose passion was marine biology. They both were saying such similar things about why they loved those two fields of study. ...It just sort of sparked this idea of comparing the two in my mind and it was not difficult to come up with these parallel observations. Then it was just a matter of who to send into space and who to send under the sea.

What determines whether the characters will be portrayed as people or animals?

Some of it is determined by the tone of the story. If the things that are happening in the story are very grounded in reality, then

you’re more likely to have a child character.

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totally realistic. When I was writing the story I pictured both of them as elephants.

But to [illustrator] Andrew Joyner, they were two different kinds of animals. I love what he came up with. Mike Yamada [the illustrator of Bad Guy], having worked for Disney and Pixar on movies, is very experienced with kid characters. And I think Bad Guy sort of had to be a little boy character…because it is at heart a sibling rivalry story and that is such a human thing.

How is writing picture books different from writing novels?

The biggest difference, obviously, is the scale of the story. It’s so much easier to be playful with picture-book manuscripts because they’re so much shorter and the structures are easier to see in their entirety while writing. But I also have to leave space in the story mentally for the contribution of another person. With a novel I’m telling the entire story, but with picture books the illustrator is contributing their own side of the narrative. It’s important to allow for that. The sense of collaboration is probably the strongest difference. RAENNAH LORNE

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Summer fun Sun’s out, fun’s in! Here are 16 events to help your family make the most of summer.

McCormick Observatory Public Nights

First and third Fridays View celestial objects through the historic 26-inch McCormick Refractor, tour the observatory and see exhibits. Free, 9-11pm.

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Fun for the Young

Chickapig Tuesday

Every Tuesday Try your hand at this locally created strategic board game: Break a flock of chickapigs free while dodging opponents, hay bales and an unruly pooping cow.

Kid-friendly! Free, 7pm. Kardinal Hall, 722 Preston Ave. facebook.com/chickapig

The ’works, please Here are three ways to celebrate Independence Day in our area.

4th of July Jubilee at Wintergreen Resort Music, a block party, a movie under the stars, chairlift rides, games for the entire family and, duh, fireworks. See the mountain light up on Monday, July 3.

June 30-July 4, 39 Mountain Inn Loop, Wintergreen. wintergreenresort.com

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June 6, July 4, August 8 Jump-start your child’s art education with a lesson in basic visual elements, followed by multisensory art play. Free for kids 6 months to 4 years old; 10am, 11am and noon. Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Museum, 400 Worrell Dr., 244-0234. kluge-ruhe.org

July 4th at Monticello The 55th annual Independence Day celebration and Naturalization Ceremony on Monticello’s West Lawn. Free, 9am-noon. Shuttle parking at Piedmont Virginia Community College, 501 College Dr. monticello.org

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Patriotism in the Park Fireworks, games, live music and food vendors. Free, 6pm. McIntire Park, 250 Bypass. charlottesville.org

Toddler Time

June 17, July 15, August 19 Kids ages 18 months to 4 years old spend time looking at fossils, studying plants and animals and taking time for free play around the Griffin Discovery Room. $10 per child, registration required. David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center, 931 Thomas Jefferson Pkwy. monticello.org

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Every Wednesday Gordon Avenue librarian Glynis Welte leads this arts-related storytime, incorporating movement, play and puppets.

Free, registration required, 10-11am.

Fralin Museum of Art, 155 Rugby Rd. uvafralinartmuseum.virginia.edu

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Fair play The Wizard of Oz Residency Week

June 12-June 17 Chicago-based Compass Creative Dramatics will lead a group of young thespians in a week-long residency culminating in two productions of The Wizard of Oz. The program cost includes five days of rehearsals and workshops, two free tickets to be used at either showtime (June 17 at 11am or 2pm) and a Compass Creative Dramatics T-shirt. $185, registration required, 9am-3pm.

The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net

Freebies!

Looking for low-cost (or no-cost) activities? The Jefferson-Madison Regional Library has offerings from teen yoga to family movie night. Visit jmrl.org for a full calendar.

Summer Adventures Camp

June 19-23, June 26-30 and July 10-14 This week-long camp for rising third- to seventh-graders enables kids to play games, solve puzzles, create crafts, discover gadgets, explore the gardens, assist archaeologists and tour the Monticello mansion. $150 per child per week, registration required, 8:30am-noon. David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center, 931 Thomas Jefferson Pkwy. monticello.org

The Jumping Jacks and the Beanstalk Residency Week

June 26-July 1 Chicago-based Compass Creative Dramatics will lead a group of young thespians in a week-long residency culminating in two productions of The Jumping Jacks and the

There are three chances this summer to get a good old-fashioned county fair on your calendar.

Greene County Fair June 27-July 1 Greene County Fairgrounds (3096 Madison Rd., Stanardsville) Augusta County Fair August 1-5 Augusta Expo (277 Expo Rd., Fishersville) Albemarle County Fair August 3-5 James Monroe’s Highland (2050 James Monroe Pkwy.)

Beanstalk. The program cost includes five days of rehearsals and workshops, two free tickets to be used at either showtime (July 1 at 11am or 2pm) and a Compass Creative Dramatics T-shirt. $185, registration required, 9am-3pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net

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About half of married couples separate.

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Mediation is a dignified, confidential process in which mediators help the couple through the aspects of child custody, co-parenting, support and property issues.

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INSIDE a gigantic twig nest, 5-year-old Colter Vincenti flaps his arms.

“Help me find food,” he trills.

Colter and his mom, Leora Vincenti, have come for the first time to Wildrock, a new nonprofit nature “playscape” located in northwestern Albemarle County.

“It’s pretty simple,” says Vincenti. “Kids are boiling with energy and nature can absorb it.”

By the gurgling creek that runs through the bottom of Wildrock’s 28-acre property, Colter folds his “wings” and watches the current intently.

This is just what Wildrock’s founder, Carolyn Schuyler, hoped for when she envisioned an intentional space for outdoor play. Schuyler’s background as a psychotherapist informs her organization’s mission to foster a healing connection between kids, their families and nature.

“Nature is a lifelong source of resilience,” she says. “I’ve worked for many years supporting people who’ve had some kind of traumatic incident, and I’ve noticed that it really helps when they have a reservoir of happy memories in nature.”

Wildrock’s two-acre playscape was carefully designed based on the research of David Sobel, a professor at Antioch College who traveled the world looking for common themes in child’s play. He found a universal fascination for certain themes, like secret passages and caring for animals. Wildrock incorporates as many of these concepts as possible into its structures and spaces, with an aim of supporting all stages and facets of childhood development. In addition to the giant nest, kids can stage performances in the music and drama playhouse, explore, problem-solve and meditate while walking the stone-lined labyrinth, cook up makebelieve meals in “Nature’s Kitchen” or retreat to the safety of a child-sized hobbit house.

But the unadorned stream is what first inspired Schuyler. After witnessing how her own kids were so drawn to playing along its banks, she thought: “All kids deserve to have a similar experience.”

“Every child should have lots of memories of being free to be themselves, to explore nature and make it their own,” she says.

Nature Deficit Disorder

In 2008, humanity reached an important tipping point; for the first time in history, more people lived in cities than in rural environments.

“Our physiology is still evolved for being in nature,” says Schuyler. “There’s a lot of research now that shows that living in urban settings is a risk factor for anxiety and depression; it’s hard on our nervous system and sets us off for symptoms.”

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The consequences of decreased time in nature, especially for kids, have been documented by journalist Richard Louv, who coined the term Nature Deficit Disorder in his book Last Child in the Woods. Though not meant to be a medical diagnosis, Nature Deficit Disorder describes the increase of anxiety, inability to focus and other problematic childhood behavior he argues is associated with insufficient time outdoors.

This same concern inspires the work of Jenny Roe, professor at the University of Virginia in the department of urban and environmental planning. Roe researches the link between greenspace and mental, physical and social well-being. She has found that in addition to reducing levels of childhood obesity, access to the outdoors also improves attention and self-discipline and promotes better stress regulation.

“Kids that engage with nature in the outdoor classroom in school show improved memory recall from learning tasks outside as compared to those tasks done indoors,” Roe says. They also show improved social behavior and cooperation.

Access to digital technology changes the way children learn and develop.

“Screen time is a very stimulating input that is highly structured,” says Beverly Ingram, long-time English as a Second or Other Language teacher and founder of Go Into Nature, through which she leads workshops, classes and individual sessions in nature-based therapy.

“What nature provides is a chance for kids (and adults) to learn how to function when they’re not having stimulus coming at them that was crafted by someone else,” she says.

Not only does nature encourage creative and intuitive expression, it also balances the intensity of urban and technological overstimulation.

“Nature is gentler,” Ingram says. “It’s slower and calming and rhythmic. It gives kids a chance to see what happens in their own bodies and minds.”

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Though now more focused on her work with adults, Ingram’s 15-plus years of experience with children has taught her that nature can be a powerful ally for fostering healthy development. Ingram finds that working through the senses and the body is the best way to quickly connect.

“Even the most ADHD kid will slow down in nature because they get intrigued with something. They’ll be focused and interested in exploring it. That is mindfulness for a child.”

Something she sees outdoors more often than in the classroom is the prevalence of creative play.

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“It’s pretty simple. Kids are boiling with energy and nature can absorb it.” LEORA VINCENTI

Sharing Nature with Children

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PRO TIPS Here’s how to get outdoors with your kids, according to the folks behind a few of Charlottesville’s most nature-focused programs.

Beverly Ingram, founder, Go Into Nature

Know that you as the adult are just presenting an opportunity. Nature is the teacher. Trust that nature has everything your child needs. Don’t feel like you have to do or plan very much.

Allow the timelessness of childhood wonder to happen in yourself. If it happens in yourself, you don’t have to worry whether it will happen for the child. It will.

Carolyn Schuyler, founder, Wildrock

Bruce Gatlin-Austin, education programs coordinator, Ivy Creek Natural Area

Spend regular time outside without a plan. Go barefoot. Listen. Count butterflies. Draw birds at a bird feeder. Be silent and see how far and how much you can hear. Enjoy hot, cold, damp and dry weather. Smell rain. Sit safely on a covered porch and experience the passing of a thunderstorm. Walk through puddles. Teach kids that being outdoors is wonderful, not by telling them or watching a video out about it, but by letting them experience it.

George Mackaronis, environmental education and PE teacher at Free Union Country School; co-founder, Greenstone Adventures

Cultivate curiosity in your children. Be a student with them, and discover new things as they do.

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Remember that children are wired to love nature. They only learn from us (adults) not to.

There is no need to make a big deal about going into nature. Find one tree somewhere in your area. Visit it regularly so your child gets to know it. Watch how it changes through the seasons. Invite observational questions like “What do you notice? What are you curious about?”

Be okay with some clothes getting muddy.

If you’re really busy, which most families are, five minutes in nature is better than nothing. Work with what you have and find joy in what you have, even if it’s a window box.

Sharing that excitement will not only inspire them, but it will create a shared experience that you and they will never forget!

Hub Knott, co-founder, Living Earth School

Kids naturally gravitate towards different activities like climbing trees, playing in mud, skipping rocks, hiding, building a fort or making fire. Watch for these and/or set the stage for them to happen, then step back and let the fun begin. When you notice the energy starting to

wane or kids getting tired, change the activity or head home. “Pull it at the peak” we call it. Then next time, they’ll be stoked to go outside.

Tell them a story the night before in bed.

Tell them there is a spot you want to show them. Plant seeds of what they might see, that there is a magical kingdom out there full of all these cool things. Make it seem special and not routine. Be excited with them. Leave the iPhone in the car and be present. Model enthusiasm and engage with nature and your kids.

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“One of my biggest concerns has been seeing these children with no aptitude for imagination,” she says. In groups, children who are more comfortable with creative play model for the others. But, Ingram says, they need unstructured time to develop this skill. The diversity of nature encourages creativity in a way that half an hour of recess on the playground cannot.

Ingram has noticed that kids like to find a place in the woods and settle, wanting to return and develop it as their home.

“This reflects how we think as humans, how we develop our ideas of roles in society and how we develop a sense of safety and comfort in the homes we create.”

George Mackaronis, environmental education and PE teacher, recounts how this same phenomenon takes place at Free Union Country School. There, students have created a town in the woods named Creativity-ville.

“At recess, everyone runs down to their self-built homes, shops, businesses, court houses, restaurants and stores. Houses move, menus change, smaller towns are created, conflicts arise, clay pots are made and traded, currency is exchanged, pine cones are traded for dried fruit and the imaginations of these kids literally run wild.”

Mackaronis believes that the social and emotional learning that the children experience in Creativity-ville is something that even expert teachers could not replicate.

“I don’t think it could happen in any other setting than nature,” he says.

Fifteen-year-old Charlottesville High School freshman Edie Aten puts it this way: “When I go outside, I feel like I am part of something bigger than myself, something beautiful that I may never truly understand.” Aten attended summer camp at the Living Earth School (see sidebar) at the ages of 9, 11 and 13. She likes to explore trails and unwind after school by the stream near her home in Charlottesville’s Greenbrier neighborhood.

“Having that wonder [in nature] from a very young age has made me who I am.”

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Despite its proven benefits, taking the time and space to be in nature remains a challenge for many parents, teachers and childcare providers. Demands of work, school and extracurricular activities often

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A new 28-acre playspace in northwestern Albemarle, Wildrock encourages kids to interact with nature— with a giant nest, a hobbit house, a stone-lined labyrinth and more.

means busy, structured and goal-oriented lifestyles. But perhaps the biggest barrier is the discomfort many adults feel being in nature themselves. Ingram and Schuyler both argue that developing a relationship with nature can be simple for anyone.

“Parents who didn’t have the advantage of growing up with nature or don’t feel comfortable just have to create the intention of having a curious, slow time together. They can discover things with their kids, side by side,” says Ingram.

Schuyler agrees. “I’m a totally frazzled mom and I don’t always do what I preach, but if I take my daughter out, we both benefit. It’s not only her,” she says. “If I’m slowed down, and I’m happier, then she’s happier. So you don’t only do it for your kids, you do it for yourself.”

The enthusiasm with which she and Ingram do their work reflects the power and joy that springs from their own deep relationships with nature.

“If we take the time and space to encourage kids to have that kind of unhurried wonder in even what seems ordinary,” says Schuyler, “they’re going to find out that the ordinary is extraordinary.”

As for a 5-year-old’s take on things?

“Meow!” says Colter. “I like Legos!”

Only an adult would think to interrupt valuable play time with a question like “Why do you like being in nature?”

But later, as clouds gather in the sky and drops begin to fall, Colter captures what Schuyler might call the extraordinary. He stills his body, cocks an ear and proclaims: “Listen! When it rains the trees rattle.”

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223 E Main St, Charlottesville, VA 22902 434-977-4139

Seven Outpatient Clinics Self Referrals Welcome! www.spectrumtherapy.com

Darcy Higgins, PT Clinic Director

Rebecca Schock, PT Clinic Director

Martine Barre, PT Clinic Director

Serving Our Communities Since 1989 Personalized, Hands-On Treatment.

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  Back & Neck Pain  Trigger Point Dry Needling  Custom Foot Orthotics  Neurological Rehabilitation  Functional Capacity Evaluations 

223 East Main St. arlottesville’s Historic434-985-2288 Downtown Mall 434-202-2830 434-817-4100 977-4139 Forest Lakes Clinic 1622 Timberwood Dr Charlottesville

Pantops Clinic 2050 Abbey Road Charlottesville

Greene Clinic 138 Stoneridge Dr Ruckersville

Jodie Stellern, PT Clinic Director

Amanda Perry PT Clinic Director

Cheryl LaDouceur, PTA Clinic Director

434-589-9588

540-832-3061

Fluvanna Clinic 100 Crofton Place Lake Monticello

Zion Crossroads Clinic 70 Jefferson Court Zion Crossroads

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540-672-2708 Orange Clinic 13180 James Madison Hwy, Orange

Jaclyn Caddy-Tanner, PT Clinic Director

540-727-0737 Culpeper Clinic 19002 Crossroad Pkwy Culpeper

Arthritis Hand and Elbow Injuries Custom Elbow, Wrist & Hand Splints Massage Therapy Fitness & Wellness Classes

Kim Thruston, OT/R Program Director

Lynn Clemons, CMT Cert. Massage Therapist

Certified Hand Therapist Serving the Forest Lakes and Culpeper Clinics

Forest Lakes Clinic 1622 Timberwood Dr Charlottesville

434-202-2830

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We’ve made 7 changes to the top photo. See if you can find them all!

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434.296.8555 | 317 EAST MAIN STREET, CHARLOTTESVILLE VA

Your smile is our mission!

$99*

New Patient Special Includes dental exam, x-rays and healthy mouth cleaning.

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Crozet Dentist Providing comprehensive dental care: Oral Exams

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Nellysford Dentist 2905 Rockfish Valley Hwy Nellysford, VA 22958 434-270-0186 nellysforddentist.com

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2905 Rockfish Valley Hwy Nellysford, VA 22938

*Must bring ad to redeem offer. Exam (D0150/$91), x-ray (D0210/$136 or D0330/$115) and healthy mouth cleaning (D1110/$94) are valid for new patients without insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, or a discount dental plan and in the absence of periodontal disease. If gingivitis or periodontal disease are present, the patient may be offered a therapeutic treatment at the same price (D4355/$186 or D4346/$80).

Crozet Dentist and Nellysford Dentist are offices of Dynamic Dental Health Associates of Virginia, P.C.

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NEW HOLLYMEAD OFFICE NOW OPEN

Jennifer M. Dixon, DDS, MS

Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry

Aaron J. Stump, DDS

Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry Pediatric Dentistry Specialists Nitrous Oxide, Mild and IV Sedation Services Compassionate and Nurturing Doctors and Staff Kid-friendly, State-of-the-Art Office Parental Participation Encouraged

Spring Creek Office 70 Jefferson Court Zion Crossroads 540-832-6657

Hollymead Office 1620 Timberwood Blvd.

Suite 201 Charlottesville 434-975-7336

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Residential Living • Assisted Living Memory Care • Nursing Care

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11:30 AM-1:30 PM Call ahead to see who will be serving up lunch! Interested in having your truck at Our Lady of Peace?

Call 434-973-1155 for more information!

751 Hillsdale Drive • Charlottesville www.our-lady-of-peace.com Sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Richmond

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– YOU LOCAL WATERSHED NONPROFIT The Rivanna Conservation Alliance (RCA) is the product of a merger between the Rivanna Conservation Society and StreamWatch in 2016. It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit watershed organization created to provide the community with a set of tools and programs specifically designed to help clean and protect the Rivanna River and its tributaries.

RCA’s Vision: A healthy, thriving community that values its rivers and streams.

RCA’s Mission: Protection of the Rivanna River and its tributaries through community involvement, conservation, education, recreation, restoration, water-quality monitoring and reporting.

RCA serves the community by providing: 1-Providing the community with the highest levels of water quality monitoring data for the Rivanna River and its tributaries, 2- Ensuring that collected data is scientifically valid by certification by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and oversight by RCA’s Science Advisory Committee, 3- Conducting instream and streambank clean-ups to rid the Rivanna and its tributaries of unsightly and polluting trash, 4- Educating our students and the public about how to become good environmental steward, 5- Planting and maintaining buffers along the streambanks to retard the migration of soil and pollution from the land to the river,

6- Hosting river paddles and sojourns along the Rivanna and local reservoirs, 7- Providing river safety information for the public and those who enjoy the benefits of the river, 8- Upgrading and maintaining a network of Historic Kiosks at boat launches along the river, 9- Constructing and maintaining river access points along the river, in conjunction with the City of Charlottesville, the County of Albemarle and the County of Fluvanna.

10- Conducting workshops at our Scheier Natural Area and its Education Center which is soon to be completed (bird identifications, edible and medicinal plants, pond ecology, primitive and survival skills, toads, frogs and critters of the night.

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recently been focusing on mastering her turns. “I am staying more balanced and my posture has improved.” But what really keeps her going? The freedom dance brings.

“I go into a different zone when I dance and all of my troubles disappear,” says Carpenter, who also plays basketball, volleyball and tennis. “I get lost in the movement and the rhythm of the music.”

AMY JACKSON

It’s a little odd to hear a 12-year-old talk about her “greatest focus,” but for Chloe Carpenter, who’s been dancing for nearly 10 years, that’s exactly what the sport has been.

“Dance is my passion,” she says. She takes tap, lyrical and performance group classes each week at The Wilson School of Dance, which this year will celebrate its 40th year, and has

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