I am inspired by the book Fifteen Minutes Outside: 365 Ways to Get Out of the House and Connect with Your Kids
The idea of going outside at least briefly with your kids each day despite the weather appeals to me. Today was easy because the sun was shining.
Outside we played shrubbery peekaboo.
Ezri gave the tree its medicine. This involves placing small twigs in a knot in our maple tree to make the tree feel better.
We shared an apple and noted that there was a fly who liked honeycrisp apples too. This was the one easy idea I took from the book today – snacks can be extra fun when taken outside.
We heard a squirrel in the wooded area next to the driveway and worked to spot it.
We picked a red leaf for the nature jar.
Ezri said, “I love this leaf. I don’t want a caterpillar to eat it.”
I told her there aren’t caterpillars this time of year.
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Amanda–When you went much older than Ezri you went to at Bernie’a Place, a daycare center run by the student government at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Bernie’s had a policy that kids have some outside time every day. Twenty degrees, no problem–outside time. Twenty below, no problem–outside time. Some parents left notes for the staff saying things like, “Johnny has a cold; no outside time today.” So I started leaving notes like, “Amanda has a cold; make sure she gets some outside time.” The staff like that.
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