Winter solstice is a wonderful time for families with kids to connect with the outdoors. This phenomenon can remind us of how we connect to the night sky and solar system, and gives us time to reflect on the values of rest and hibernation that we see in so many animals and plants this time of year. Need ideas to mark the winter solstice with your kids this year? Here are four ideas to help get you started.

The autumnal equinox is an exciting time of year to get outdoors and explore. In autumn, the equinox is marked by changes in the natural world that signal a maturation and preparation for the winter months. It has affiliations with harvest, abundance, gathering, slowing down, and gratitude. Need ideas to celebrate autumn equinox with your kids this year? Here are four ideas to help get you started.

Earth Day is an annual event occurring on April 22 that honors the cause of environmental activism and its past, present, and ongoing efforts to solve a whole host of environmental crises ranging from climate change, to pollution and air quality, to the right to clean water for all. For many, it’s also a time to reflect on our own relationship to nature and the environment as well as the ways that we can further support the greater environmental cause. During this time of year, we are drawn to the words of botanist and Indigenous author Robin Kimmerer about the Honorable Harvest and concepts of reciprocity.

Through our work with schools and teachers throughout this past year, we’ve been focusing on ways to envision nature and the outdoors as something we can all experience together and share. One current project with fourth graders at the Rio del Sol School in Oxnard, California, has been using the sky to build these connections through observation, learning, reflection, and creative design.

Winter solstice is a wonderful time for families with kids to connect with the outdoors. This phenomenon can remind us of how we connect to the night sky and solar system, and gives us time to reflect on the values of rest and hibernation that we see in so many animals and plants this time of year. Need ideas to mark the winter solstice with your kids this year? Here are four ideas to help get you started.

If you live anywhere on the west coast starting from the Bay area and going north, chances are that you’ve been stuck inside for the past week due to hazardous air quality.

To help families struggling through parenting this week, we’ve gone through our old projects to find activities to help parents entertain, distract, inspire, and bring nature inside. All free.

In this post, we share the changes and new temporary services we have been developing in response to the COVID19 pandemic as we navigate closures, adapt to new regulations, and support families through this changing period.

It’s officially the Summer season! Do you have an outdoor adventure (or two or three) planned with kids? Whether it’s camping, hiking, or just hanging out at a park, we’ve got you covered with a few tips and reminders before you head out.

Tips from Rachel Carson’s Sense of Wonder on exploring the outdoors with Kids

Exploring Nature with Kids can happen almost anywhere, as guest author and dad Michael Barton explores in this blog post about his daughter.

A few years back, I was in a career in academia that would make me so busy in the Fall that everything seemed a blur around this time of year.  October seemed to fly by, and in my anxiety to meet work deadlines, I’d instinctively treat family activities like pumpkin picking or hiking as extra chores…

Have you ever rushed through fall family adventures like this? Have you ever gotten impatient with your child when they are ambling about on the trail?

Sometimes, when our son is dragging his heels on a trail, we turn to games and fun activities to try to help motivate him. ​Here are a few other favorites activities that have also worked pretty well.