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October 31, 2018 Family Nature Tips / Nature Walks / new experiences / Writing

Freewriting Fun: Take it Outside

Walking and writing… this is our writing focus this week.  We’ve been experiencing beautiful, warm fall weather, an ideal time

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November 21, 2013 Birdwatching / Nature Walks

5 Best Places to Bird Watch in the Bay Area

Thank you to guest writer, Ernie Allison, for sharing this article! *** Even though summer isn’t the peak season to

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October 29, 2013 Hiking with Kids / Nature Programs / Nature Walks

Halloween Fun: Spooky Night Hike

Saturday evening, we went on a fun “spooky night hike” at Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont.  My son was

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October 9, 2013 Nature Walks

Autumn Walk: Acorns

Looking for sings of fall just outside of Yosemite this past weekend…  my son was fixated on acorns.

May 14, 2013 Children in Nature / Nature Walks / Weekly Photo Challenge

Pattern: For Love of Dirt

Three photos of my son from our walk through the UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley last week.  Can you spot

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March 13, 2013 Art Fun / Children in Nature / Family Nature Tips / Nature Walks

Photography for Kids: Fun with an iPhone

I enjoyed a fun walk around our neighborhood on Monday with my son, looking for signs of spring.  My son

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March 12, 2013 Art Fun / Nature Walks / View from Home / Weekly Photo Challenge

Looking for Signs of Spring: A Walk Around the Neighborhood

After school on Monday, we went for a walk around our neighborhood to look for signs of spring. As an

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January 23, 2013 Benefits of Outdoor Play / Children in Nature / Family Nature Tips / Nature Exploration / Nature Walks

The Calming Effect of Nature on Children

One of the great things about playing in nature is that bouts of exertion and excitement are often interspersed with

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January 2, 2013 Biology / Nature Walks

Nature Walk: Animal Tracks

A fun activity to do a few days after a good rain is head to a nearby creek and look

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November 7, 2012 Fauna / Nature Walks / View from Home

Neighborhood: Lizard

We enjoyed a walk around our neighborhood yesterday, to look for some “signs of fall” and to collect leaves.  It

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October 9, 2012 Nature Walks

Nature Treasure Hunt: Autumn

I ready about going on a winter treasure hunt in Clare Walker Leslie’s book, The Nature Connection, and I thought

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September 26, 2012 Biology / Nature Play / Nature Walks

Going on a Bug Hunt

While my husband was warming up for his bike race on Saturday (see post here… Cyclo-Cross, Monterey Style), my son

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September 25, 2012 At Home / Nature Walks / Outdoor Education

Environmentalism for Kids: Clean up the Neighborhood

For those of you who have been following my blog for a while, you know my son loves to take

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September 20, 2012 At Home / Nature Walks / View from Home

First Signs of Fall

Yesterday, I wrote about taking your child out on walk to look for signs of Autumn (Take a “Signs of

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September 19, 2012 Nature Exploration / Nature Walks / Outdoor Education

Take a “Signs of Fall” Walk

Saturday is the first day of Autumn.  While it doesn’t quite feel like fall yet here in the San Francisco

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August 9, 2012 Nature Walks

Hike and Seek! National Wildlife Federation

I just came across these great fundraising events being offered through the National Wildlife Federation (NWF).  They are not offering

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June 30, 2012 Art Fun / Nature Walks / Yosemite

Nature Fun for Kids: Take a Photo Walk

Our new favorite nature outing is to take a walk together with our cameras.  Provide a child with a camera,

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June 8, 2012 Contra Costa County / Hiking with Kids / Nature Exploration / Nature Programs / Nature Walks / Outdoor Education

Exploring the Ringtail Cat Trail, Las Trampas, Alamo

Another great Outdoor Discoveries outing!  Today, the naturalist took the kids up the Ringtail Cat Trail into Las Trampas Regional

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June 5, 2012 Nature Walks / Photos / Rainy Day / View from Home

Search for Snails

A favorite rainy day activity… head outside to look for snails!  My son calls them his “snail buddies”. What we

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May 24, 2012 Animal Fun / Hiking with Kids / Nature Programs / Nature Walks / Outdoor Education

Birding with Kids, Shadow Cliffs, Pleasanton

Since the week my son turned three, we’ve been attending the East Bay Regional Parks Outdoor Discoveries program, a naturalist-led

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April 28, 2012 Cycling with Kids / Nature Walks / Parks

Walk, Run, Bike, Scooter….Alamo Creek Trail, Dublin

I found the Alamo Creek Trail in the center of Dublin when my son was about four months old, and

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April 23, 2012 Animal Fun / Nature Exploration / Nature Play / Nature Walks

Look for Lizards

As the weather has been warming up, we’ve been seeing more and more lizards on our walks.  I believe these

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April 22, 2012 At Home / Nature Walks

Take a Trash Collecting Walk

To celebrate Earth Day today, my son asked if we could walk around our neighborhood and collect trash. He’s been

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April 16, 2012 At Home / At the Park / Hiking with Kids / Nature Walks / Outdoor Education / Quick Activities

Take a “Signs of Spring” Walk

The wildflowers are starting to bloom, new leaves are growing on the tips of branches, gardens are beginning to sprout… 

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March 18, 2012 Family Nature Tips / Hiking with Kids / Nature Programs / Nature Walks / Outdoor Education

Stop, Look, Listen, Observe

This afternoon we attended a family nature walk, a free naturalist-led event held in the Tilden Nature Area in the

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March 9, 2012 At Home / Nature Walks

Our Neighborhood Walk

My boy wasn’t feeling well yesterday and didn’t have much energy. After playing inside the house all morning, by the

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February 27, 2012 Educational Activities / Family Nature Tips / Nature Play / Nature Walks / Outdoor Education

Exploring Nature with Your Baby: 6 Tips

  The sight of leaves blowing in the wind, the scent of flowers, the feel of grass, the sound of

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February 22, 2012 At Home / At the Park / Benefits of Outdoor Play / Family Nature Tips / Nature Walks / Quick Activities

Outside Play, Every Day

Getting outside every day is a necessity for me, both for my physical and emotional health.  I begin to feel

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