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This creative play tip is a great activity to do in small groups or one-on-one with your child. First, find a quiet natural area to sit and observe the surroundings in silence (if possible). Bring paper, watercolors, crayons, or other drawing materials and have everyone chose one thing to draw nearby. It can be a cool rock, a single petal, an interesting shadow, or perhaps a patch of soft moss.

If your child feels discouraged that their drawing is not perfect, remind them that studying their chosen object is more important than their final product. Encourage them to also pay attention to their surroundings, the sounds, the light, the air, and to do their best to work in complete silence.

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The purpose of this activity has more to do with relaxing and being in tune with nature than actually drawing.

After a fun-filled day playing outside, children can use time to relax and appreciate their surroundings!

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Find a comfortable and safe place to sit with your child. Ask them to close their eyes for about one minute (30 seconds if they are younger children). Ask them to listen to all the sounds they can hear.
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- What are they?

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- Who might have made them?
- What’s the quietest sound the can hear?
- Can they hear anything quieter?

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Next, you can ask them to close their eyes again, and notice what they can about the world through their sense of touch. Ask them to focus on the sunlight and air that’s touching their face, arms, and back. Can they tell where the sun is in the sky and what direction the breeze blowing?

This is also a great activity with small groups of children. Take turns and have each child name one interesting thing they hear, smell, or feel and have everyone else try to sense it.

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Children can practice using their senses by looking for how things are alike and different in the great outdoors! Using nature also gives children an opportunity to appreciate being outside and exploring! Both activities below are great ways to help your child focus on details and makes paying attention a fun game!

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If it’s possible, this works best where there are many different options of trees and plants.

First, blindfold your child and gently lead them to a tree. Stand with them and encourage them to get to the know tree using their senses! Ask them to feel and smell the bark, feel for leaves and estimate how big around the tree is by hugging the trunk. When they feel that they “know” the tree, lead them back to where you started (spin them around a few times) and take off the blindfold.

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• What senses helped them to locate their tree?
• What things made that tree unique?
• Take turns and have them blindfold you and lead you to a tree!

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Ask your child to pick from a selection of objects (like a fuzzy stuffed animal, waxy crayon, or triangle-shaped object) and a color from their shirt and challenge them to walk outside and find textures, shapes, and colors that match their choices. Ask your child what ways they are different and how are they are same. They can record their findings in a journal with words or pictures. Have fun exploring!

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First, fill a spray bottle with water. Find a spider web and gently mist the web. The water droplets should stick to the strands and help you see the pattern more easily.

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Look for different kinds of webs and talk with your child how they are alike and in what ways they are different. Can you or your child find where the spider is hiding first?

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Lay down a white sheet of paper or cloth under a bush. Gently shake the vegetation and watch the insects and small invertebrates that fall on to the sheet.

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Make observations with your child about the many kinds of bugs you see.
- Notice how things move: do they hop; fly; or wiggle?
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- How many different colors do you see?

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- Try to count the number of legs, wings, and antennae on each insect.

Look under other nearby plants.
- Are there different insects on other plants or the same?
- Do certain bugs prefer to be close to the ground and others up high?

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With older children, keep a journal of the insects you see! Kids can write down key features and draw their observations to help them identify what they have found later in a guidebook. This is also a wonderful activity to do with a group of children, who can then compare what they found and talk about their coolest bug!

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With your child, pretend to shrink to the size of ants and have some fun looking at the world from a different perspective.  Ask your child to lead an ant-sized nature walk and find four things along the way that are interesting. Use a stone, small stick, or toothpick to mark these special spots.

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After the walk, talk about the spots they marked and what makes them interesting. Talk about how these areas look to a person and compare it to an ant’s perspective. Feel free to pretend to be other animals like a bird flying high or squirrel jumping through the trees! Encourage your child to use his or her imagination and have fun role playing together!

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