Go scavenger hunting
By The Scavenger Guru alias Rebecca Brown
Spring is here! This is the perfect time to go exploring the natural world with your kids. Trees are budding, flowers are blooming and the kids are restless.
My favorite way to connect children and teens with nature is by using a scavenger hunt. This is a very hands-on way for them to explore their surroundings and use all of their senses.
Bug hunting
I love worm hunting!
By Andrea LeDuc
There’s nothing like having a wriggly worm in your hand. It totally takes me back to when I was a child. Is there a kid who doesn't like digging in the dirt and finding treasure? Well to a kid a worm or a pretty bug can be that treasure!
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Picking wild blueberries
There is nothing wrong with cultivated blueberries, but nothing beats the taste and color of blueberries picked wild in the bush. Living in colder climates has some benefits; we get to pick wild blueberries.
I still remember the days my parents took me blueberry picking as a child. Now I have come full circle and bring my children to Norway to the same low bush blueberries that I picked as a child. Just the other day on our vacation I was inspecting my 11-month-old daughter’s shirts as I half cringed, half celebrated the blueberry stains she made as she sat in the bush and picked berries and greedily stuffed them in her mouth.
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A lot has been written lately about the decline of picture books in bookstores and in libraries. It is refreshing to get a new series of picture books that is telling a visual story from a kid’s perspective. Eli’s books capture the magic and wonder of childhood and outdoor play where most of Eli’s adventures are set outside.
Hunting for #playoutdoors broadcasters !
My love for nature, literature and food, combined with my desire to get children outside, inspired me to launch ActiveKidsClub.com to encourage other parents to start an outdoor playgroup where they live. We are very proud that we have reached out and connected with outdoor heroes in the US and Canada.
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