We are sharing five different ways to explore each of the five senses with children. So get outside as a family, slow down, and explore nature with your senses together!
We are sharing five different ways to explore each of the five senses with children. So get outside as a family, slow down, and explore nature with your senses together!
We are sharing five different ways to explore each of the five senses with children. So get outside as a family, slow down, and explore nature with your senses together!
We are sharing five different ways to explore each of the five senses with children. So get outside as a family, slow down, and explore nature with your senses together!
While wandering through nature, we take in our surroundings using our senses. We smell flowers, touch tree bark, listen to bird calls, see details (like an ant trail on a tree), and even taste some of the natural objects we come across (think berries or edible flowers). And, while investigating nature in this way comes naturally to most children, sometimes we forget to allow children the time a...
Board Member, Blaine, shares his personal passion for OutGrown's mission to empower families to step outside and enjoy the benefits of growing up in nature.
“Spending time in nature is linked to both cognitive benefits and improvements in mood, mental health and emotional well-being.” American Psychological Association.
This blog is part of our Elevating Voices series in partnership with
Meet Alejandria Felipe. Ale is one of Hike it Baby’s Bring it Outside program facilitators and ran the first Turn the Blues Green program series. She’s a mama to two amazing kiddos, and works full time as an Obstetric Nurse in Portland, Oregon.
Photo: Andrea Leoncavallo @lionhorsephoto
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