4 Apr
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Kids’ Mud Run! Apr 6th

Posted By: Jen in Events, Spring    

  • A mud run event for middle school students
  • 1-3 p.m.
  •  Saturday, April 6
  •  Kiwanis Park in Harbor Springs
  •  Dress appropriately
  • Free
  • (231) 526-2531.

13 Feb
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Torchlight Snow Shoe at Camp Daggett, Feb 23rd

Posted By: Jen in Activities, Events, Winter    

Saturday, February 23, 2013, 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Experience the solitude of the wilderness as you snowshoe by torchlight at Camp Daggett. Afterward, come in from the cold for a cup of hot chocolate, freshly baked cookies and to warm-up by the crackling fire in camp’s beautiful main lodge. This event is sponsored by Bearcub Outfitters to promote all that Camp...

22 Jan
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Little Traverse Conservancy offers nature at its wintry best

Posted By: Jen in Articles, Spotlight, Winter    

January 18, 2013|
Nick Bodette - Petsokey News Review
Beat the winter crowds, save some money, get some excellent cardiovascular workout and be out in the breath-taking natural beauty that this region is world-reknowned for when you try some cross-country skiing, snowshoeing or hiking at one of the many nature preserves in Emmet and Charlevoix counties. There are...

19 Jan
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iPads for Early Elementary Students Questioned

Posted By: Jen in Articles, Educators    

 Kate Bassett Harbor Light Newspaper Jan 16, 2013

Photos of elementary school children making patterns with leaves, taking “pictures” with cardboard frames, and practicing geometry by way of building forts, flashed across the projection screen during the Harbor Springs Board of Education meeting Monday, January 14. These images-- examples of how children can learn...

11 Jan
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Boyne City recognized for promoting a healthy quality of life!

Posted By: Jen in Articles    

Petoskey News Review
January 9, 2013
BOYNE CITY -- Boyne City has been recognized as one of 20 Michigan communities that encourages a healthy quality of life by designing places and spaces that support active living. Tuesday evening, Boyne City Mayor Ron Grunch was presented with the Promoting Active Communities Award by Erika Van Dam, family and community health...

7 Jan
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Free cross country ski pass and rentals at Boyne Mountain & Boyne Highlands

Posted By: Jen in Activities, Events, Winter    

January 12th & 13th As part of the Winter Trail Days event mentioned in a previous post, Boyne Mountain Resort & Boyne Highlands will be offering free group lessons, free trail passes and free rentals for cross country skiing.  Limited space, reservations required.  Call Boyne Mountain at 231-549-6088 or Boyne Highlands at 231-526-3029.  www.boyne.com  

21 Nov
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Holiday Gifts for Outdoor Play: Think Outside the (X) Box

Posted By: Jen in Articles    

 11/9/2012 
 
Paging through the latest toy catalog from one of my favorite department stores, I noticed not one of the kid’s holiday toys encouraged outdoor, let alone active, play!
Little do they know that there are a ton of exciting gifts your kids will love that will also give them some super beneficial play time in the great outdoors. Think happy...

17 Nov
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The Best Playground Is The One Nature Provided

Posted By: Jen in Articles    

 November 01, 2012 By Michael J. Coren New studies find that the more close to nature a playground is, the more kids like it and the healthier it is for kids. Time to throw out that jungle gym.
You can take homo sapiens out of the wilderness, but not the wilderness out of humans it appears. For decades, scientists have reported our species exhibits a...

14 Nov
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Getting kids outdoors makes them happier, healthier – and smarter

Posted By: Jen in Articles    

by Alicia Swanstrom Oct 31, 2012

 
 
 
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Liza Sullivan/Through Play
Henry and Jettie Sullivan, 5-year-old twins, would use their times outdoors to role play and reenact scenes from books they read with their mother, Liza Sullivan.
To Liza Sullivan, a mother of two, the Earth is more than the grass beneath her feet. It’s a place where her...

6 Nov
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National Wildlife Federation Announces Three Year Goal To Get 10 Million Kids Outdoors

Posted By: Jen in Articles    

Moving 10 Million Kids
10-09-2012 
by Mary Burnette
Boy in leaves
To combat today’s “indoor childhood” trend, National Wildlife Federation has a new goal to move 10 million kids from their indoor habitat back into the outdoors, at home, school, and parks, anywhere there is green space.  A generation ago, kids spent hours playing outside each day, now it’s down to minutes. This...