Give the Gift of: Outdoor Experiences
Forget expensive toy gifts that children play with for one week, mind numbing technology toys that don’t allow for imagination, and boring socks and underwear gifts.
Instead- give children the GIFT OF OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES!
Outdoor experiences give children a sense of adventure, fresh air, and tons of learning and growth opportunities!
Give the Gift of: an Outdoor Adventure Letter Hunt
The Nature Alphabet Book is an interactive book for children to bring along on outdoor adventures.
This book allows children to see their natural world through a whole new lens. As children are exploring, they will begin to see letters in trees, roots, leaves, flowers and even animals! Some children ache for a purpose during hiking before they can develop their appreciation for just being in the outdoor world. Children might like looking for habitats, birds, a perfect hiking stick, etc. and now children can look for letters! They will be SO excited when they see a letter and get to add it to their book. (Trust us, as adults we were downright giddy when we found them!)
Children will be having a blast on their letter hunt AND they will be reinforcing their literacy, observation, and cognitive skills!
Head to the LearningwithOutdoors SHOP and easily download your digital copy today!
Give the Gift of: a whole year of fun outdoor activities!
Every month of our calendar celebrates the outdoors and kindness towards others and our world. Each month has specific days marked for celebration like ‘Solar Appreciation Day’, ‘Take a Hike Day’, or ‘World Bee Day’. Some of the days will be easy to understand & celebrate, but other days will be a wonderful learning opportunity to teach your child about their world!
Each month also has a fun checklist of things to do that pertain to special days in that month, or just fun activities to get children outdoors and caring for their world and others. Next to the checklist is a space for children to add drawings or photographs of their month!
Help children become more aware of the world around them, while also giving them fun ideas to keep their hearts full, their minds learning, and their bodies busy each month!
Head to the LearningwithOutdoors SHOP and easily download your digital copy today!
Give the Gift of: a homemade Nature-Play Basket
It’s the perfect gift for a nature enthusiast, natural explorer, or curious mind. Keeping children engaged with nature even when they are indoors is a wonderful way to keep them connected to the natural world. Think ...sorting, building, constructing, engineering, exploring, problem solving-the possibilities and benefits are endless! Creating a treasured gift like this is easy, fun to put together and inexpensive too. Collect items from your yard, park or favorite hiking spot, grab some empty plastic jars, markers, paint or nail polish and begin creating your basket.
This Nature-Play Gift Basket contains:
small tree cookies- building, imaginative play
an assortment of small sticks- constructing, imaginative play (& other fun learning opportunities here)
story stones- story telling and playing (discover more here)
facial expression stones- like a Mr. Potato Head, its fun and great for helping children develop emotional skills
a measuring ‘stick’- building math skills in a fun way (find out how to make it your own here)
magnifying glass- help children see the world big and SMALL (other ideas to add into your basket here)
small bucket, brush & roller- for water play (find examples here)
jar of shells- can be used for math, art, and cognitive skills (see how here)
add a nature journal you create from a cereal box- perfect for literacy development (learn how to make it here)
“Your loved one is sure to get hours of creative, imaginative play from the Nature Play Basket and will carry that love of nature for a lifetime!”
Download any of our FREE printable ‘Make Your Own Nature Cards’
Children can easily print, fold, and craft nature-based cards for friends and family! Each card has a natural element to be collected outdoors by the child and then added to the card. This natural homemade touch will be sure to warm some hearts over the holidays. And of course, children can decorate and color as they please.
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Enjoy these ‘naturally’ brilliant gift ideas - Happy Holidays to All!
