Let the adventure begin!

Passport to Adventure encourages children and their families to get outdoors and explore, while promoting local events, programs, and nearby natural destinations. (more...)

By Richard Louv on March 23rd, 2013

Not long ago I met some dedicated young women who were doing their student teaching at an impressive nature-based preschool. They made it clear that they’d love to pursue careers at similar schools. But they were discouraged about the prospects. Despite growing demand from parents, the number of nature-based preschools remains...

By Richard Louv on April 1st, 2013 Thinking about Newtown. Chased by an unending stampede of 2,000-pound automobiles and 4,000-pound SUVs, we cocoon inside our homes. The assault continues. Unsettling, threatening images charge through the television cable and overwhelm us. Hyper-vigilance trumps mindfulness. Where do we find respite? The poet Wendell Berry offers...

Hanna Rosin

Mar 20 2013

!-- Article Main Contents -- On a chilly day last spring, a few dozen developers of children’s apps for phones and tablets gathered at an old beach resort in Monterey, California, to show off their games....

Getting Kids Outdoors, the US Fish & Wildlife Service, Michigan Green Schools, Polly’s Planting and Plucking, and local teachers joined together to explore options for creating a unique outdoor landscape project with students.  Kim Buntin from Polly's Planting and Plucking led a wonderful tour, sharing tips on getting started with schoolyard habitats that promote outdoor...

By Richard Louv on April 30th, 2013 What’s a grandparent to do? Marti Erickson makes a practice of keeping two collapsible chairs in her car trunk. If she’s having a particularly stressful day, she drives to the closest patch of nature, sits on one of those chairs, and is soothed. She always carries two chairs in the trunk of her car. “My oldest grandchild likes...

Shannon Shuptrine, Faculty - Elementery News

• Miller Van Winkle Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Friends of the Oden Hatchery, MDNR, and Bay Winds Federal Credit UnionWelcome 4th-8th Graders to the FREE 8th Annual Youth Fishing Clinic

• Saturday, May 11, 2013

• 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

• Registration from 9 - 9:45

• Oden State Fish Hatchery,  US 31, Oden, Michigan (5 Miles East of Petoskey)

• Prizes include: Fly...

• Guided hikes are available Friday, April 26, at Hartwick Pines State Park in Grayling.

• Event includes tree identification clinic, information session and hike through the last old growth forest in the Lower Peninsula.

• Free

• Recreation Passport required for entry.

• www.michigan.gov.

Click here to download flyer. Click here to download brochure.

Mothers, stepmothers, granddaugthers, or big sisters are invited to bring their daughters (ages 7 - 17) for a fun-filled Mother & Daughter Weekend, May 3 - 5, 2013, at Camp Daggett!  Cost is $150 for mother/daughter, plus $50 for each additional girl.  Space is limited, and registration is done on a first come, first served basis.  Participants can expect a weekend of fun...