To say The Explorers are excited about Halloween would be an understatement. In the spirit of the season, this weekend we created our own Halloween nature scavenger hunt, then went on a pre-Halloween walk around the neighborhood looking for all sorts of goodies. At first, most of what we found was unnatural – store-bought spider webs and spiders, a scarecrow – even a black … [Read more...]
Backyard Nature Fun: Litter Cleanup Walk
Backyard Nature Fun activities are quick-and-simple ways to explore nature in your own backyard. Sadly, I can’t think of many adventures in nature we’ve had that haven’t involved picking up someone else’s trash. But going on a nature walk with kids with the explicit purpose of cleaning up litter had never entered my mind until I watched The Explorers do so all on their own.We … [Read more...]
Backyard Nature Fun: Garden Scavenger Hunt
Backyard Nature Fun activities are quick-and-simple ways to explore nature in your own backyard. This weekend, The Big Explorer’s elementary school held its annual Back to School Picnic in the school garden. I’d volunteered to coordinate the event, so you might not be surprised to discover that a garden scavenger hunt was on the agenda. The Big Explorer helped me create … [Read more...]
Fun Friday: Rock Hunt
Fun Friday activities are quick-and-simple ways to explore nature in your own backyard. Rocks seem to be one of those items that manage to find their way into little pockets on nearly every nature walk we take. The big explorer is so enthralled by them that we even started a rock collection last fall.But it wasn’t until last week that we actually took a walk in nature … [Read more...]
Fun Friday: Summer Nature Scavenger Hunt
Gorgeous pomegranates Fun Friday activities are quick-and-simple ways to explore nature in your own backyard. Treasure hunts are popular in our family – so much so that we’ve already taken winter and spring nature scavenger hunts. For our summer nature hunt this week, we took our adventure to grandma’s backyard for a change of scenery. Plenty of bugs … [Read more...]