If you haven’t read my first post in this series, here is a quick recap. On the 15 of September I decided to provide my twitter followers a daily tip on activities, crafts and other ways to help entertain a boy.
Most every day, I will tweet the tip at approximately 8:30AM Pacific Time. You can read them on twitter or just wait for my compilations which I will post on this blog. You can find part 1 here.
Here are tips 16 through 30:
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Teach him to cook simple items. Hotdog, popcorn, sugar cookies, French toast, eggs. Let him help prepare crock pot meals.
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Turn a walk into a safari – Take a magnifying glass & Look at insects up close. Listen to birds chirp, leaves rustle & just chat
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Have a picnic – at the park, in your backyard, in the living room if it’s raining. Use a blanket, reusable, tableware, kick back…
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Try cloud watching – Find a comfortable spot, spread out a towel or blanket, lie down with your boys, and see what you can see…
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Adopt a tree – Choose a favorite tree you can visit often, take notes on size & shape. Gather leaves, seeds & flowers – journal it
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Treasure hunt – Take pictures of items in your neighborhood. Create handouts and send the kids out to find them. **Set boundaries**
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Keep a nature journal – pick a spot in your garden, the park… & revisit regularly – note changes – compare with last entry
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Camp out in your backyard – Check out the sounds of nature – What do you hear? Owls? Crickets? Frogs? Talk about the sounds
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Collect stones, choose them for their shapes, colors, mineral content. Or just pick fun shaped ones to paint & make into pet rocks
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Build a bird house, from kit (so many available now) or just use on redwood fence board as material, just enough for a simple one
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Learn about the world – choose country, city… go to Wikipedia & read about it, google it, find books, pictures, news reports…
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Ride bicycle – take the time to enjoy your surroundings, if possible visit his favorite store, such as video/game store, skate…
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Attract birds – set up a feeder, visible from your house so that you can sit & take pictures, draw or paint…Keep statistics
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Pick a locale (city, country) and see what is happening in their part of the world, find their paper (online), check the weather…
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Plant a variety of seeds in milk carton seed flats, watch, compare & document growth rate, leaf size and color, germination time
Feel free to send me any ideas or comments :-)
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