Fresh Air and Nature Walks

Fresh air and nature help kids feel calm, curious and healthy.

Why this matters (for parents): Aim for outdoor time every day, in the early morning or late afternoon when the sun is gentler. Bring water, hats and sunscreen. Walks are great for talking, noticing and slowing down.

Health numbers are general guidance for parents, not medical advice. Ask your family doctor about your own child.

On a sunny forest trail, a girl holding binoculars and a boy offering her a green nature journal, with a robin on a branch

Lessons

  1. Why Fresh Air Feels Goodtime outdoors helps kids feel calm, sleep better and notice more.
  2. Getting Ready for a Nature Walkcap, long sleeves, sunscreen, water bottle and a grown-up.
  3. Using Your Five Senses Outsidelook, listen, smell and touch gently, and never taste wild plants.
  4. Birds in the Neighborhoodrobins, cardinals, bluebirds and sparrows, and how to watch quietly.
  5. Trees and Leavesoak, maple, pine and birch, and how to tell them apart.
  6. The Four Seasonswhat changes outside in spring, summer, fall and winter.
  7. Leave No Tracestay on the trail, take your things home, and leave plants and animals as you found them.
  8. My Nature Journaldraw, write and collect what you notice on each walk.

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