While playing outside or taking a walk outdoors with your child or children, consider adding a sort of nature hunt to the moment. Which I am all about! Today, the day care kiddos and I, broke out a roll of masking tape. I stretched out a length for each child and taped it around their wrist, not tight, with the sticky side up. Sticky side up is the important key here. And you need to act quickly and get to the point of the craft across with the smaller ones or they will want to take it off and the fun is over.
Grab a piece of grass or small leaf from the ground and stick it on the tape to show the purpose and general idea. The kids here went to town with it! Picking up fluffy feathers, tiny rocks, leaves, flower pedals and clovers. It is really fun and especially handy if there is a certain item in nature that you are teaching such as bird feathers or colors.
Parents, it's also not a bad idea to carry a small roll with you to any event held outside in which you may have to keep your child's attention for a bit.
That is a cute idea! I will have to try that with the boys. Great pictures!!
ReplyDeleteYou are so innovative! What fun you must have had watching their little eyes and minds go to work. Thank you for being such a wonderful earth mother. Susan Wilkinson
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