Celebrating success is a good thing and the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day proved a big cause for celebration. Earth Day at 40: Valuing Wisconsin’s Environmental Traditions, Past, Present and […]
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Do technology and nature belong together? After all, isn’t hiking supposed to get us away from machines and technology? That’s what I always thought. However, after our first geo-cache outing,
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This is the third installment of reflections from the book: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv. It makes intuitive sense that kids diagnosed
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I hope to get back to reading and responding to Louv’s book this week. The Big Burn sidetracked me along with various other projects. I am growing ever more convinced
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I just finished reading The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt & the Fire that Saved America, by Timothy Egan. It’s the first historical book I couldn’t put down. It’s the riveting
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Last Thursday, was the last of our eight week ski lessons at Blackhawk Ski Club. It was a beautiful sunny day in the 30s. Perfect. Molly, the instructor had the
Cross Country Skiing with Kids: Final Reflection Read More »
I agree with Louv that we are making outdoor play more structured. In my work, all the activities are structured. We hike, we ski and we skate as a group.
Last child in the woods: Part 2 Read More »
I love to XC ski. I love feeling warm while I’m outside in the winter; I love being outside in beautiful, snowy places; and I love how I feel afterward.
Giving Back: Cross Country Ski Lessons Read More »
Give kids something unusual to play with and watch what happens. On Friday, I filled up a bunch of spray bottles with colored water, grabbed some bubble wands and bubble
Blue, Red and Green Snow: Colorful Outdoor Play Read More »
Small successes with kids need to be celebrated. Yesterday, while picking up kids at Emerson Elementary School (home of the Emerson Eagles no less) for our after school program, the
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