Looking for some ideas for outdoors fun with kids in the Hamptons? Here are ideas for nature activities, walks, seasonal events and places to visit.
What do you do with a week filled with ice and snow? You don’t stay inside especially when school’s cancelled because of a snow storm or two. No. You put on your snow suits and… Skate on the ice. And when the snow starts falling again… You dance among the snowflakes. And search for tracks […]
What do you do with kids after a winter blizzard? Make angels. Jump in snow. Shake snow off bushes. Shovel a drive. But the best thing to do is get out the sleds and head for a hill. A slope which you can whizz down at full speed. And swirl down backwards. And dash back
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Ice skating in the Hamptons? We live in an area known for its summer season and beaches, but when winter comes it’s time to put the skates on. And we don’t have to wait for a big freeze to turn local ponds into ice. Instead we head to the woods where summer tennis courts are
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Every five seconds the light from Montauk Point Lighthouse reaches ships as far as 19 nautical miles away. A beacon from the eastern tip of New York’s Long Island signaling to those at sea they’re near a dock or a bay. I went there with my children. They played amongst the lighthouse shadows, memorials and paths. While the
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What’s the difference between a pond and a lake? My children recently asked. I decided to answer their question yesterday. I needed to press the pause button and be outdoors. So after school I took them to a wood a mile away. Head towards the broken tree and you’ll soon see water. And as we
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My kids were just expecting to do some trick or treating and wear their spooky costumes but they experienced a full-blown wild day of celebrations when we had Halloween in the Hamptons. in 2012 we moved here from London in mid-October. Then woosh Hurricane Sandy swept in two days before All Hallow’s Eve. We emerged from a night
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