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10 activities you can do with kids outside (From Teatown)
With children staying home from school in the coming weeks, our Education staff wanted to share some family-friendly outdoor activities with our community as we practice social distancing:
With children staying home from school in the coming weeks, our Education staff wanted to share some family-friendly outdoor activities with our community as we practice social distancing:
- Carefully roll over a log and look underneath. There is an entire world inside and under logs! Look for worms, beetles, ants, spiders, millipedes, and centipedes.
- Nature scavenger hunt: Cut out shapes and colors and look for them in nature. For example, look for something red; try to find an object shaped like a circle, etc.
- Bring toys like cars, trucks, dolls outdoors. Create an imaginary outdoor adventure for the characters. Scoop dirt, leaves, and seeds with trucks. Create ramps for the cars out of tree bark, rocks, and sticks.
- Build an insect hotel using sticks, rocks, seeds, and leaves.
- Find a small stream and make boats using leaves, and twigs. Float the boats down the stream.
- Take an old egg carton and begin a rock collection. Put one rock in each slot.
- Make nature soup: Gather sticks, rocks, leaves, etc. and stir them up in a bucket. Experiment with adding water or soil to the mixture to see how the "ingredients" change.
- Make a shelter for an animal or fairy using sticks and mud.
- Bird and squirrel count: Take a walk in the woods or in the neighborhood and count how many birds and squirrels you see.
- Take a pad and pencil or crayons outside and draw what you see. It can be a tree, clouds, animals, or anything that looks interesting!
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Nature Activities (link)
Heading outside? Print one or more of these activity and information sheets and take them with you the next time you go exploring.
Outdoor Observations & Journaling Keep a record of the things you see, hear, smell and feel while you're exploring
Outdoor Bingo and Observation Checklists
Seek and Find Hikes Take a hike and look for things that match the themes of these recording sheets
All About Animals Birds, Mammals, Wildlife
Food Chains Learn about how energy flows through a food chain and who eats whom
Invasive Species
State and National Symbols
TreesRocks and Minerals
Camping and Stewardship
Climate Change
Recycling
Crafts
Heading outside? Print one or more of these activity and information sheets and take them with you the next time you go exploring.
Outdoor Observations & Journaling Keep a record of the things you see, hear, smell and feel while you're exploring
Outdoor Bingo and Observation Checklists
Seek and Find Hikes Take a hike and look for things that match the themes of these recording sheets
All About Animals Birds, Mammals, Wildlife
Food Chains Learn about how energy flows through a food chain and who eats whom
Invasive Species
State and National Symbols
TreesRocks and Minerals
Camping and Stewardship
Climate Change
Recycling
Crafts