August 2010 Blog Posts (22)

Escape the totalitarian conformity of the concrete swimming pool:

http://clarkbeast.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/let-us-now-praise-natural-swimming-holes/

Excited to join this community of like-minded folks!

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“We also checked out some ant activity on the roots and trunk of another nearby tree. This was the first spot where the big explorer actually took several minutes to examine the ants up close with his magnifying glass. Then he explained to me that ants follow a scent (he called it a bad smell). You could break up their game of follow the leader (the only game ants know how to play, he added)…

Find a treehouse near you or be inspired to build one yourself. More info at http://www.youroutdoorfamily.com.

Let's go play outside!

So glad to join this network of nature-minded writers.

I wanted to share my recent blog about biking with kids, which can be found at http://www.youroutdoorfamily.com.

I enjoy hearing what work others are doing and am open to contributions for my blog, which focuses on all things related to the outdoors and ways families can enjoy the outdoors together.

I look forward to learning…

We met at the same busy street corner, where parents consulted about directions to our destination, a demonstration organic farm about an hour outside the city. This time we were a

carpool of ten cars, winding through the karst hillsides of the Guizhou

countryside. Along the way we passed another “Club” consisting of youthful bike

riders. As the numbers of participants in our excursion grew, and as we waved

to other gatherings…

There are ten stories within my book, 'The Naturals': The Story of Cloudy, Snowy, Windy, Moony, Hailstones, Sunny, Rainbow, Rainy, Starry and Earth. To be read to 4-10 year olds so that they may feel the connection with our Natural World. Once they can feel that our Natural World is alive and compassionate and looking after us all, they will want to look after it!



Here is a snippet from 'The Story of Moony':

'As silence slowly crept along the line, Tiny Mouse was…

In January of 2008, Ashley and I started Kids In the Valley, Adventuring!, a free nature club for families in Roanoke, Virginia (www.kidsadventuring.org). Since then, we have connected with wonderfully creative people around the United States and beyond who have started their own nature clubs. To increase our conversations and to document them to help other families, we created a facebook page for leaders as well as the NING…

Last spring, we hosted a family camping trip to Mojave National Preserve with our family nature club, Family Adventures in Nature. Three families came, which we thought was a pretty

good turnout since the trip required a five-hour drive from San Diego. One

family we’d never met before brought two daughters, 7 and nearly 4. The

seven-year-old’s name was Kate. The kids seemed to hit it off right away. We

all did,…