Red Soil Spring: Best children’s magazine about nature
Last Child in the Woods by child advocacy expert Richard Louv is where I came across the term ‘Nature-Deficit Disorder’. “Nature-deficit disorder” is not a medical diagnosis, but a metaphor used to describe what as human beings we are becoming into by staying away from nature – obese, grumpy, zero connection with Mother Nature. It’s not Louv alone; multiple other research studies point towards higher levels of childhood obesity, depression, dearth of creativity, and lower academic performance, due to lack of connectivity with nature.
So what’s the way around for a parent like me living in an urban city when the only access to nature is the small park in the apartment? How do I bring my children close to nature? In this scenario, a magazine specifically crafted for children in the age group of 7 to 12 named Red Soil Spring becomes significant. Red Soil Spring is an independent publishing house whose work aims to connect children and nature with the purpose of inspiring the next generation of children to become caretakers of the Earth!
What is Red Soil Spring all about?
Red Soil Spring magazine introduces young children to the wonders of nature through visually charming, creatively poetic, and easy-to-read segments. The content is aptly designed to capture the attention of young readers and to encourage them to navigate the world of animals, birds and plants on their own. Nature’s rhythms and seasons, and earth’s various habitats unfold in the form of curiosity invoking stories.
What are the different segments of this magazine?
The magazine has four sections – Explore the Earth, Know our Co-habitants, Connect with the Earth and Celebrate Nature.
In the first section, children will experience the season of a country through a wonderful story, explore an ecosystem and a water body, and discover natural wonders and the rhythms of nature.
In the next section, children will learn about the life of an animal, find out about the habitat of an animal/ bird/ insect, know a tree or a plant’s life, and discover wildlife migrations, lifecycles, and interesting natural events.
In the ‘Connect with the Earth’ section, children learn sustainable living skills, create nature art and explore nature immersion activities such as forest bathing, foraging, and stargazing.
In the last section, children delight in nature through nature poetry and story. They discover music in nature, celebrate important environmental days, engage in nature word search and get to know a remarkable naturalist!
What is Red Soil Spring magazine intending to do?
Every segment of Red Soil Spring magazine is designed to evoke in young minds a fascination and develop empathetic knowledge about the earth in which they live and as they grow to contribute towards making the earth a better living place for all. Red Soil Spring magazine is from the same team Red Soil Nature Play led by Amrutha and Senthil, based out of Bangalore, India, which promotes nature play, grows indigenous trees, plants, and herbs, and protects urban wildlife.
The extra effort done by this team with respect to handling the printing process and delivering of this magazine clearly brings out the vision of this team – that is to create a sustainable and beautiful planet for all
• Printing on ‘FSC certified paper’, preserving natural forests
• Use of vegetable-based inks, for safety and wellbeing of children
• Printing in local geographical zones to reduce carbon emissions
• Plastic-free biodegradable packaging
How can someone get a copy of this magazine? The magazine will be available in PRINT from JANUARY 2022. Parents can pre-order the magazine from the Red Soil Spring magazine website. There is an option to pre-order 6 or 12 magazines to start with.
Let us use this beautiful magazine to encourage our children to read, learn about nature, and come up with solutions to protect our Mother Earth.
Now let us endeavour towards creating more “Tree Hugging, Flower Sniffing, Animal Kissing, Planet Loving, Dirt Worshipers”.
Disclaimer: I have done my part of research to provide my readers with the most precise information. But request you to use your judgment before taking any decisions based on the information in this blog.
