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Find Your Special Place

March 27, 2020 janicekelley

Find a special place outdoors you and/or your children can call their own: your backyard, a park, open field, riverbank,…

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Posted in: Activities & Skills, Blog Filed under: American River, American River Parkway, bicycle, bike ride, birds, child, chilren, deer, explore, families, family, fun, nature, Nature Detectives, outdoors, peaceful spot, picnic, play, special place, water

Stop, Look, Listen, Touch & Smell

janicekelley

One of the best ways to create meaningful nature experiences is to STOP, LOOK, LISTEN, AND SMELL. TOUCH only when…

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Posted in: Activities & Skills, Blog Filed under: child, children, experience, family, forest, listen, look, nature, Nature Detectives, Nature Detectives field journals, observation, outdoors, play, playing, sight, smell, spider, spider web, stop, touch, touching, walk.

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