What do you get when you cross 11 school age boys with insect exploration? Lots of high energy insect fun. Bugs and Slugs marked my second of two week-long adventure camps run from the Goodman Community Center this summer. Bike camp was in June and Bugs & Slugs was in August. As this was my […]
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My feet hurt. I’m hungry. Are we there yet? I’m thirsty. I’m dehydrated. I’m gonna die. I’m bored. This sucks. I’m hot. So goes the litany of complaints experienced on a recent hike to Cherokee Marsh with a group of 7 first through fifth graders. The weather was in the 70s, there were no bugs,
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I firmly believe that if you take kids outside, they will find endless ways to entertain themselves. This belief was validated on Tuesday, when I took our kids to BB Clark Beach. Immediately, groups of children started building moats and filling them water. They saw real or imagined “crabs” in the water. They floated boats
Once a month, I take a group of kids on outdoor adventures. These trips are designed to get kids outside hiking. The trips are sponsored by a group called Inner City Outings (ICO). ICO partners with the Sierra Club, REI and others to offer these trips to kids that normally wouldn’t have opportunities to hike
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