Hiking
Planning a Hiking Trip With the Kids Hiking: Thinking about taking the kids on a Hiking Trip this year? Find out how you can make this trip a stress-free experience for you and your kids! Tips and ideas on how to organize your next out on the trail trip with your kids... Tips and Ideas on how to best prepare for a positive and enriching experience... • Recipes... to take along on your hike and much more... Tips: • Animals they might see in the woods Arts and Crafts Nature Folder Supplies: large file folder,nature magazines tape, crayons or marker Cut out pictures of animals, flowers,trees ,and plants that you find in the woods. Tape the folder on each side to form a large envelope. Let them decorate their folders with pictures they cut out from the magazine. Bring them to the nearest Nature Trail or at Neighborhood Park. Ask them to collect various seeds, flower petals, little stones and put them in their Nature Folders. Nature Journal Supplies: various coloured construction paper 8"x 10", labels and a glue stick
Staple 10 to 12 coloured construction paper together to form a booklet Let the kids decorate the cover page as they wish. Have the children choose items they collected in their Nature Folder and glue them in their Nature Journal Don't forget to label each item they found for their futur reference! Binoculars Supplies: Two empty rolls of toilet paper, hole puncher, markers, strings of wool. Have the kids color two empty rolls.
Games Scavenger Hunt Supplies: large cardboard, markers, colorful stickers
Draw a 10 squares graph on a cardboard and draw a picture of items you find in nature in each square (bird, squirrel, flower, tree, leaf, ant, bee, spider web….) On the hiking trail the kids have to look for these items.
When they find one give them a sticker that they can place on that square.
What a fun way to develop their observation skills!
Tip: You can use Ink Stamps istead of stickers. Bird Watching
Introduce your kids to birdwatching! Supplies: Binoculars, books on birds, cd on bird songs. Start simple with the most popular and recognisable birds such as Crows, Blue Jays, Cardinals, Seagulls and Woodpeckers Hel them match the song to the bird. Tip: Bring a few pictures of these birds
Hiking Songs The Ants Came Marching One By One The ants came marching one by one, Hurrah! Hurrah! The ants came marching one by one, Hurrah! Hurrah! The ants came marching one by one The little one stopped to suck his thumb. They all go marching down around the town. Boom, Boom, Boom. The ants came marching two by two, Hurrah! Hurrah! The ants came marching two by two, Hurrah! Hurrah! The ants came marching two by two The little one stopped to tie his shoe. They all go marching down around the town. Boom, Boom, Boom.
The ants came marching three by three... The little one stopped to climb a tree. The ants came marching four by four.... The little one stopped to shut the door.... The ants came marching five by five... The little one stopped to take a dive... The ants came marching six by six.... The little one stopped to pick up sticks.... The ants came marching seven by seven.... The little one stopped to say 'my heaven'... The ants came marching eight by eight... The little one stopped to shut the gate... The ants came marching nine by nine... The little one stopped to scratch his spine... The ants came marching ten by ten The little one stopped to say THE END!
The Bear Went Over the Mountain (Sing to the tune of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow") The bear went over the mountain, The bear went over the mountain, The bear went over the mountain, To see what he could see To see what he could see, To see what he could see The other side of the mountain, The other side of the mountain, The other side of the mountain, Was all that he could see Was all that he could see, Was all that he could see, The other side of the mountain, Was all that he could see! Written By: Unknown Copyright: Unknown
Tip: Great hiking songs for marching in line!
A-Hiking we will go...
Books for Hiking Theme The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree Very Hungry Caterpillar We're Going on a Bear Hunt
by Michael Rosen Where the Wild Things Are Bears in the Night Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog?by Dr Seuss and Roy Mckie
Dan the Ant
Hiking Recipes Ants on a Log You need: celery, cream cheese, peanut butter, dried cranberries, dried raisins Cut celery branches in three pieces not sticks. Spread some with cream cheese and sprinkle with dried cranberries.(red ants) Spread some with peanut butter and sprinkle with dried raisins (black ants) Tip: Don't forget to sing "The Ants Came Marching One by One" on your hike before you eat these! Back Pack Snack You need: granola cluster cereal, candy coated chocolate pieces, dried cranberries, dried raisins 3 cups of granola clusters cereal Mix together and fill a tightly covered glass jar. Tip: Fill small plastic container for kids to put in their back packs
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