Sunday 29 April 2012

50 things

The National Trust has launched a lovely campaign aimed at getting children outdoors and connecting with nature.  Its called 50 things to do before you are 11 & 3/4 and is full of lovely (mostly free) ideas such as eat an apple straight from the tree, hunt for bugs, skim a stone.  There are activities suitable for all ages a couple of the more adventurous ideas are canoe down a river and a high tech nature hunt using GPS.  I confess I have only done 47 myself but we have signed up for the the challenge and my young children have plenty of time to complete it.  Sign up for yourself here



The national trust also has some great ideas for entertaining kids on rainy days, of which we have had plenty lately.  I printed out this activity sheet to take on holiday with us last year.

2 comments:

  1. If you want to see the list without signing up (like curious me without kids), you can find it here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2128695/National-Trust-launches-bucket-list-campaign-50-things-children-sofas-wild.html

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  2. I managed to skimm a stone across the water for the first time ever yesterday! Just as enjoyable at 22 and 1/2 :)

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