Fall is in the air. This weekend, the season officially begins. Which means it’s time to gear up for the fall nature photo scavenger hunt! (If you live in the southern hemisphere, check out the spring version instead.)Here’s how the fall nature photo scavenger hunt works: I’ve come up with 30 things you and your kiddos can hunt for outside this fall. Find an item, snap a … [Read more...]
50 Ideas for Your Fall Outdoor Bucket List
Here are 50 ideas for your fall bucket list. When it comes to seasons, fall seems to get the short end of the stick. After all, it arrives on the heels of our beloved summer, which never seems to last long enough. But around here, fall is full of its own treasures. Pumpkin patches, apple cider, puddle jumping, trick-or-treating, nature crafts, cool-weather hikes, birthday … [Read more...]
Your Back-to-School Guide to Getting Outside
The calendar might tell us there is still a bit of summer left to hold on to, but reality suggests otherwise. Like many families, we’ve returned to school and schedules and homework and real life and everything that feels so unsummer. With both of The Explorers in school, it’s tough to get in as much time outside as I’d like. How do we continue to connect with nature now … [Read more...]
Fun Friday: Build a Dam
Since we’ve been talking a lot about water play around here this month, I thought I’d share one of The Big Explorers’ favorite summertime activities. During our recent adventures on the river, he had one goal: To build a dam. All that’s required to build a dam is moving water and something to block that water – like sticks or rocks. In our case, The Big Explorer used river … [Read more...]
Fun Friday: Make Fresh-Squeezed Lemonade
I think this is a first for me – sharing an idea from the kitchen, that is. This one all started when a certain someone began picking fresh lemons off the tree in our backyard. “To make lemon juice,” he said. We quickly realized The Little Explorer was on to something. What better way to kick off summer, really, than to make fresh-squeezed lemonade? Making fresh-squeezed … [Read more...]