- Little Traverse Conservancy will offer pond dippin' for kids of all ages.
- 10 am - 11:30 pm, Saturday, May 19th
- Spring Lake Park, Petoskey, on M-119
- Free!
- Pre-registration required. Call (231)347-0991
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Earth Journey at Raven Hill Discovery Center on Sunday, April 22, 2012 from Noon to 4 pm!
On Sunday, April 22nd, join friends and neighbors for an Earth Journey at Raven Hill to celebrate Earth Day. Between noon and 4 pm, visitors will be able to pick up a passport and walk the grounds at Raven Hill. Special Earth Journey t-shirts will be available for $6 each while supplies last. http://www.ravenhilldiscoverycenter.org/
Have you and your kids had an adventure today? This week? This month? This year? No? Well it's easier to put the TV on isn’t it? It’s less hassle to go shopping. The kids are busy and the adults need some down-time. What’s so great about doing things together anyway?
But just pause for just a minute and remember all those promises you made back when the house was a giant...
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Passport to Adventure
Posted By: gko-admin in Activities, Big Feature, Educators, Fall, Feature, GKO, Spring, Summer, Winter
Passport to Adventure encourages children and their families to get outdoors and explore, while promoting local events, programs, and nearby natural destinations. http://www.mothernaturesmovie.com/ Mother Nature’s Child explores nature’s powerful role in children’s health and development through the experience of toddlers, children in middle childhood and adolescents. The film marks a moment in time when a living generation can still recall childhoods of free play outdoors; this will not be true for most children growing up today....
Education in the Outdoors
By Erin Crowell
Playing in the mud is okay at HumaNature School
Listen closely to the birds in the forest canopy, taste the edible roots and feel the wind in your hair. This is part of a primary satisfaction – the moments we experience first-hand, inaccessible by television, recollections in a magazine or Facebook...Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Kids need adventure. Parents need to teach them how.
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| Kids want adventure. Parents think it's a good thing. So why doesn't it happen more? |
Half of kids have never camped out?
According to this poll of 1500 parents and 1103 kids in the UK, over half of children have never camped out, not even in their back...
“Kids, it's time to get off the couch, turn off the PlayStation and get your hands dirty.”
- Margaret DeRitter, Kalamazoo Gazette
- Margaret DeRitter, Kalamazoo Gazette
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