Naturalistic Gift-Boosting Activities
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Naturalistic Gift-Boosting Activities Does your child spend more time peeking under rocks than scrambling over them? Kids start out with a natural curiosity about the world around them. But when icky gets too yucky, it often means bye-bye to bugs and beetles. Here are some activities to keep that initial interest and turn it into a lifelong habit of appreciating our natural world.
What can you do on a daily basis? The family pet can be a link to the bigger animal world. Hikes are a great alternative to TV time, and there's always the lure of gardening, whether in a kitchen windowsill or out on the back 40.
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Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
Grades K-2
You're never too young - or too old - to learn to love the stars.
Don't wait for fall to gather up the leaves. You'd be surprised how much variety you can find in one backyard.
You don't have to be big to grow a tree. Just look at what an acorn can do!
What's next? Clouds in a box? A rainbow in the sock drawer? No umbrellas needed for this "rainy" day activity.
There may not be any dinosaurs lurking about the yard, but we'll bet your kids know all about them anyway.
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
Grades 3-5
You're never too young - or too old - to learn to love the stars.
This weekend, why not stop and smell the roses... and the trees, and the donut shop, and melting snow, or fresh-mown grass. See what the nose knows about your neighborhood.
Don't wait for fall to gather up the leaves. You'd be surprised how much variety you can find in one backyard.
Nothing fishy in this project!
See if your kids can out guess the TV meteorologist!
Grades K-2
Grades 6-8
Grades 6-8
You're never too young - or too old - to learn to love the stars.
Nothing fishy in this project!
Here's a plant so easy to grow, even a "brown thumb" can't fowl it up!
What's that rumbling...? Thar she blows!
See if your kids can out guess the TV meteorologist!
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
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