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Day Camp & Nature School Rafting AdventuresRiver rafting offers children a wilderness experience without the physical demands of a backpacking trip. On River Dancers' Nature School Rafting Adventures, our trail is the beautiful Klamath River, which we share with the plant and animal communities that make this ecologically rich habitat their home. Each day includes structured natural history experiences involving the naming of plants and animals and discussions of their habitat along with unstructured time to discover their own place in nature. 
In his new book, Last Child in the Woods, Saving Our Children
From Nature-Deficit Disorder, Richard Louv points out, "Our society
is teaching young people to avoid direct experience in nature...Yet,
at the very moment that the bond is breaking between the young and the
natural world, a growing body of research links our mental, physical, and
spiritual health directly to our association with nature in positive ways.
Several of these studies suggest that thoughtful exposure of youngsters
to nature can even be a powerful form of therapy for attention-deficit disorders
and other maladies."
-- author Richard Louv in "Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder" 
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