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Four Ways to Complement your Child’s
Nature Discoveries Indoors continued...
3. Make up melodies and songs
along the nature trail and at home
You and your children can complement
your outings in nature with song. Let the surroundings inspire
your children to create a melody and accompanying lyrics. You
can get them started and let them take it from there. When you
return home, write down the songs and continue singing along
with your kids, so the melody stays fresh in your mind. When
you sing at home, you’ll feel the magic of that spot in
nature that inspired it. And when you get back to that place
in nature, you can expand on the song. It may even make you and
your kids want to dance. Who knows?
4. Doing sports activities regularly
Climbing, running, skipping,
jumping, and swimming in nature not only keep you and your children
in good shape, but at the same time you are taking in fresh air
and beautiful surroundings. But even the most avid hikers and
swimmers don’t always have the opportunity to get out. Staying
fit in nature can be complemented by a trip to the swimming pool,
an indoor climbing wall or a little homemade sports terrain in
your own living room. You can have a laugh together in closed
quarters and will appreciate the vastness of the outdoors even
more on your next family excursion. And most of all, while staying
fit, you are strengthening the family bond.
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| About the Author: Mark J. Stevens, author of LUISA'S
NATURE (Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing, Spring 2008), is a news journalist
currently working in Europe. Fluent in French, Spanish, and German,
he has enjoyed extensive travel much of his life. Shaped by the
rural New Jersey setting of his youth, Mark continues to explore
the richness of nature with his wife and two children on the
outskirts of Munich, Germany. He also belongs to several parenting
and nature organizations in the U.S. and Europe. For more information,
visit www.luisasnature.com. |
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