Category: Park

  • Creature Scavenger Hunt

    Your Child Will Learn

    Observing the characteristics of animals and considering how they are similar/different

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Head outside to a park, backyard, or other green space. Bring a camera or smartphone if possible.
    2. Search for these (hint:
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  • Plant Scavenger Hunt

    Your Child Will Learn

    About the features of plants and trees

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Head outside to a park, backyard, trail or other green space.
    2. Search for these parts of trees and plants:
      1. Leaf
      2. Flower
      3. Trunk/Bark
      4. Seed/Nut
      5. Stem
      6. Fruit/Berry
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  • Silly Running

    Your Child Will Learn

    Fun ways to run and move their body

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Find a space where you can run. Mark a ‘start’ and a ‘finish’ line. Before you begin, notice how you’re breathing. 
    2. Run a race
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  • Simon Says Stretch

    Your Child Will Learn

    That stretching their muscles is a fun way to care for their body 

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather a few family members or friends together and choose a family member to be the first leader (aka
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  • Move Like an Animal

    Your Child Will Learn

    A fun way to move their body and build physical endurance

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather everyone in the family who wants to play. Ask a child to choose an animal whose movement you could copy.
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  • Fast and Slow

    Your Child Will Learn

    Words to describe speed

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Head to a playground or outdoor space where you can swing and move with your child.  You can do this activity with swings or infant scooters or even
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  • Balls in Motion

    Your Child Will Learn

    Exploring how balls move

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Choose two different types of balls and sit on the floor with your child.
    2. Roll the ball(s) in several types of ways. Examples:
      1. Roll the ball gently
      2. Roll
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  • Playground Physics

    Your Child Will Learn

    Exploring the effect of different forces on a ball

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather a few different types of balls (like: soccer ball, kickball, baseball, bouncy ball) and head outside to a wide open space.
    2. Mark
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  • Mud Kitchen

    Your Child Will Learn

    Exploring the properties of water, sand, dirt, and rocks through play

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Head outside to a backyard, park, or sandbox wearing clothes you can get dirty and wet in. Bring props for your
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  • Nature Observation Walk

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to observe different characteristics of living things in nature

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Head outside to a park, backyard, or other green space.
    2. Ask your child to look for living things (like: plants, trees, grass,
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