Ideas, outdoor activities, walks, play time and sports for kids to enjoy outdoors and nature.
A walk through a forest is magical for kids when they’re nature detectives. And an amazing setting for these young detectives are the nature trails in the Hamptons, Long Island, with their incredible diversity of natural habitats. I’ve included a printable spotter sheet with 10 plants for kids to search for and identify on a […]
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We went to East Hampton village’s Nature Trail on the official first day of spring. And the swan song of winter. A little sanctuary for wildlife right near Main Street. Once it was a swamp and wetlands. Then in 1901 part of it became a private Japanese water garden. And since 1951 the land deeded
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Instead of collecting shells, my kids took photos when we went to an Atlantic Ocean beach in Southampton Village. Luce and Mum (me) on beach – photo by Theo My kids love taking photographs. As they’re young, I decided the best way to introduce children to photography is simply to let them have fun. No photography
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They could have made Frosty the Snowman but instead they built a snow volcano. Just like one they made the year before. All that is needed to make the volcano is kids, snow and water coloured with natural food dye. We used blue dye for ‘water’ around the volcano and red dye for ‘lava.’ It’s also
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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