Let's Go Outside! - $9.66 - Ward, Jennifer; Ghahremani, Susie (ILT) - 9781590306987

Let's Go Outside!
Outdoor Activities and Projets to Get You and Your Kids Closer to Nature
Ward, Jennifer
Ghahremani, Susie (ILT)
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
From the author of I Love Dirt! comes a new selection of outdoor games, projects,
and adventures specifically for families with children ages 812.

As children get older and more socially active, it becomes harder and harder to come up with stimulating outdoor activities that appeal to them and allow them to connect with the whole family. Its often easy to get your children outside when theyre very young, but children ages 812 present a special problem that requires creativity and well-planned activities that can compete with the allure of Facebook and High School Musical.
The good news is that as children get older, the range of things they are able to do growsand so do the outdoor options. Lets Go Outside! offers a menu of activities specifically for preteens that encourages them to go outside and experience adventure in the great outdoors. Sections of the book include:
Back to Basics: Reconnecting with twists on traditional games and activities such as Capture the Flag
Making the Ordinary Extraordinary: Picnics, doing homework outdoors, and socializing opportunities outdoors
Outdoor Adventures: Canoeing, biking, and camping
Environmental Experiments: Ways to explore how nature works

BOOK EXCERPTS
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Sometimes changes in nature are mere nuance, and its nice to be aware of how our environment changes around us as it cycles through seasons. We are so accustomed to our calendar that we often neglect to take notice of the changing calendar outdoors, and take it for granted. Its spring. Its summer. Its fall. Its winter. Well, INDEED! We should celebrate this cycle of events. Heres just one fun way to record the seasons and become more aware of whats around us year round.
Go outside with your child and select an item visible in nature. It might be your home, a hill, or a tree. It simply needs to be a type of visible landmark; something you can see year round. Create a photo journal of the landmark. This activity will require a camera, patience, and time. But the results will be well worth it.
Photograph the landmark by season. Take one photograph from the same spot, same angle, same distance, and same time of day in the springtime. Take another photo from the same spot, the same angle, the same distance, and the same time of day in the summer. Repeat the procedure in the fall, then again in the winter. Once youve completed your seasonal photo essay of your landmark, mount or frame the pictures in progression, side by side. Note the similarities and differences and the seasonal nuances as they affect the setting around the landmark.
For a more immediate photo essay, select an item in nature, such as a flower, tree, or shrub, or a landmark. Create a photo essay of it throughout the course of a day, noting how the sun and elements affect its appearance throughout that day. Photograph it from the same spot, same angle, and same distance: in the morning, in the afternoon, at night.

AUTHOR BIO
Jennifer Ward is the author of I Love Dirt! and numerous childrens books, all of which present nature to kids. Her books have been featured in magazines such as Ranger Rick, Your Big Backyard, Learning, and ForeWord, and she has been interviewed and featured on national television and local radio. She is a regular speaker at conferences and schools across the country, where she instills the importance of literacy and the wonders waiting to be discovered in the natural world. She lives in Illinois.

MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 1590306988
ISBN(13-digit): 9781590306987
Dewey Decimal: 796.083
Library of Congress: 2008051946
Book Publisher: Random House Inc
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 175
Paper Weight (lb): .5 lb

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