September 20-26, 2010
Ideas & Resources for Families & Small Groups
List of Activities You Can Do: Families & Small Groups
A Sharing Nature walk, a hike in the woods, star-watching – this list will give you all sorts of ideas for getting the kids out into nature during Take Me Outside Week.
“Where Do the Children Play?” Documentary Public Showings
This documentary geared for adults will inspire parents and caregivers to take the kids outside! It is a 55-minute PBS documentary that “examines the social and technological trends that conspire to rob children of their birthright: time and opportunity for unstructured, spontaneous play, especially outdoors in nature.”
Sharing Nature with Children Books by Joseph Cornell
Sharing Nature with Children and Sharing Nature with Children II, by Joseph Cornell of the Sharing Nature Foundation, contain descriptions of nature activities that anyone can use to help children and youth develop a closer relationship with nature. Order them online here or check them out of your local library.
Sharing Nature Activities for Families and Youth Groups booklet (allow time for it to download - it is a large file)
This four-page booklet gives quick descriptions of activities that are easy to do with children and youth in nature. They are drawn from Joseph Cornell’s two Sharing Nature books (described above). Download it and take the kids outside for fun right now!
Order an "Ask Your Teacher To Take You Outside" T-Shirt
A national organization, also called Take Me Outside, produces these t-shirts to inspire students and teachers to head outside.
REGISTER YOUR FAMILY or SMALL GROUP NOW and qualify to win prizes.
Join Take Me Outside Week on Facebook
Join Take Me Outside Week on Twitter
