Are You Spending Enough Time Outside?
Summer is starting to wrap up, and it’s cooling down where I live.  I’ve felt a bit cheated with summer this year.  It rained all of June, July was hot, and now it’s feeling like Fall.  I know it will be cold before we know it, so I’ve been trying to spend a lot of time outside with the boys. I found this following statistic from the Forest Service interesting:

The amount of time U.S. children spend outdoors has declined 50% in the past 20 years, according to the Ad Council. The Forest Service is hoping to change this startling statistic through a PSA project entitled “Where the Other You Lives.” that encourages children and their parents to re-connect with the great outdoors.

The Forest Service and the Ad Council created a microsite for the campaign where you can find local parks and pick up ideas on what to do on an outdoor adventure (leaf rubs, tracking animals, learning to use a compass). It’s so important that our kids learn about, understand and spend time in nature. With a healthy and curious relationship with the world around them, our children are more likely to feel responsible for its well-being.

Discover the Forest has an interactive website that shows you forests and parks close to you, has a nature book to print off, and helps us celebrate nature.  I’m excited to know about this resource and have found a couple close places that the boys and I can go to spend some time outside.  So head over to Discover the Forest and find out what is close to you!

 

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