Outdoor Kids | Loving Nature's Garden

Fun With Sticks – Build a Shelter

There’s something both primitive and comforting about knowing how to build an emergency shelter out of sticks and leaves. It’s kind of like a squirrel, bird, or possum building a nest, except yours is on the ground.

What could be more fun for outdoor kids to learn in the woods? My kids used to try to [...]

5 Ways to Winter Bird Watch with Kids

binoculars by plindberg

Winter is a great time to bird watch with kids in your nature garden and beyond. In winter, with the leaves off the trees, birds are more visible. Also, some birds may be winter visitors to your area – winter will be the only time to see them.

Watch Birds from Indoors or [...]

Ten Tricks to Get Kids Outdoors

Mudkid1 by Peekature Studios

Much has been written about the reasons kids need to get outdoors to play, to get involved in nature, and away from the couch and big, bad, evils of TV and video screens. But what actually gets kids playing outdoors? Do kids need to go to nature camp, or plant an [...]

10 Things to Keep You Walking to School

Giraffes Worn Voluntarily (for now) by woodleywonderworks

Do you have what it takes to walk to school and keep walking now that Walk to School Day is past?

Here are 10 things you need to keep you walking to (and from) school.

#10 – Rain Boots
It’s bound to rain sometime and rain boots are so much fun! [...]

Top Nature Spots

buttefly on hand by apium

The top nature spots from a child’s point of view are the ones closest to where they spend their time. They are places they can visit through the seasons, spots they can hunt for bugs, flowers, rocks and seeds, and places they can truly feel connected to. What is your [...]