Here's a quote for the day from Reading Rockets:
"Fun outdoor activities...nurture a young child's interest in science — and develop skills like observing and predicting." Reading Rockets suggests a variety of fun ways to create fun outdoors with your child - all the while helping boost their early and pre-reading skills!
Read more here...
Read more here...
Our community has such wonderful places to explore outside, like the trails at Peavy Arboretum, the Jackson-Frazier Wetland, Willamette Park, Martin Luther King Jr. Park, Avery Park, and many more places throughout the county.
Find inspiration at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, too:
| Outdoor Parents, Outdoor Kids: a Guide to Getting Your Kids Active in the Great Outdoors by Eugene Buchanan |
| Corvallis Trails: Exploring the Heart of the Valley by Margie C. Powell |
| Hug a Tree: and Other Things to Outdoors with Young Children by Robert E. Rockwell, Elizabeth A. Sherwood & Robert A. Williams |
| The Green Hour: Activities, Games, Crafts, Science Lessons, and Fun Facts the Whole Family Will Enjoy by Todd Christopher |
| Janice VanCleave's Play and Find Out about Nature: Easy Experiments for Young Children |
| Let's Go Outside: Outdoor Activities and Projects to Get You and Your Kids Closer to Nature by Jennifer Ward |
| Pond Year by Kathryn Lasky |
| Too Many Rabbits and Other Fingerplays about Animals, Nature, Weather, and the Universe by Kay Cooper |
| Raccoon on His Own by Jim Arnosky (see others by Jim Arnosky as well) |
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| Nature Walk by Douglas Florian (good for the youngest listeners) |
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There are lots of great (free) resources here:
http://www.naturedetectives.org.uk/
It's a UK site but a lot of stuff is available to anyone and we've found it great for ideas about how to engage with the outdoor world.
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