Nature Time: Redwood Bike Ride
Fun outing with my Nature Time! playgroup! Redwood Regional Park, Oakland Photos taken October 28th, 2013
Slowing down, being present, and noticing the beauty around us.
Fun outing with my Nature Time! playgroup! Redwood Regional Park, Oakland Photos taken October 28th, 2013
I can’t imagine a climbing log with a better view! On the Cypress Grove Trail… a 0.75 loop trail, perfect
Are you a grandparent who would like to help connect your grandchild(ren) with the natural world? Check out these great
Photos of the labyrinth created in the sand, from the Create-With-Nature Earth Day Celebration, 2013, at Stinson Beach, California. Usually,
Weekly Photo Challenge: My 2012 in Pictures
Photos from a hike in Mount Diablo State Park earlier this week with my Nature Time playgroup. We hiked a
Take a child into nature where there are rocks and watch what the child does. Either the child will pick
While my husband was warming up for his bike race on Saturday (see post here… Cyclo-Cross, Monterey Style), my son
We’re lucky to have a couple parks nearby that have great trees for climbing. The kids are drawn as much
The highlight of the weekend for my son? A Sunday afternoon bike ride with his dad…. While my husband and
Take a child out into nature, and what are they naturally drawn to play with? It’s pretty universal… sticks and
The weather is heating up here in the San Francisco East Bay. Take a break from the local swimming pool,
While visiting Redwood Regional Park in Oakland yesterday morning, I made a fun discovery. We were meeting friends for some
What child could resist playing hide and seek in this redwood forest? Can you find them? At Roberts Regional Park,
A child can be absorbed for hours, simply playing in the forest with sticks and pine cones…
Just in the past few months, my son has become interested in cameras and photography. Both my husband and I
This is the backyard of my childhood home. These are the places I played as a child, building forts, climbing
It’s that time of year when parents with young children are beginning to plan that very first camp trip with
If you read my post yesterday, you know we attended the Nectar Garden Fun Day at Coyote Hills Regional Park
We kicked off our Memorial Day weekend with a great hike with friends from our Nature Time! playgroup. The kids
Quotes from my son while viewing the solar eclipse last evening at the Lawrence Hall of Science in the Berkeley
I thought we’d head to a museum today, but my son asked if we could go hiking instead. Great! When
I’m always on the lookout for fun things to do with my son. Today I came across the Spring 2012
One of our favorite parks for play is Roberts Regional Park in the Oakland Hills. This park, nestled in the
As the weather has been warming up, we’ve been seeing more and more lizards on our walks. I believe these
After several days stuck home due to sickness, my husband, son, and I headed out today for a short hike
A friend recently told me about some fun-looking educational treasure hunting booklets created and sold through the Urbia Adventure League.
My favorite spot in the San Francisco East Bay to take kids for a nature walk is Redwood Regional Park,
I’m happy to report that our first letterboxing experience was (mostly) a success. For our first outing, I wanted to
Letterboxing has been around forever (well, at least, a few hundred years), but I just learned about it within the