As a family we love walking in the woods/forest. Last week we got to go on some lovely forest walks in the sunshine.
Sometimes children can get a little bored by the end, so I like to think of things for them to do on the walk. Here is my list of things to do on a forest walk…..
- How many different things can you find coloured green (or yellow, or brown etc….)
- How many things can you find that begin with the letter ‘S’ or ‘T’ or ‘L’ etc….
- How many different creatures/bugs can you find
- How many different leaves can you find
- Can you find something of every colour (of the rainbow)
- How many different sounds can you hear
- Walk along a log
- Climb a tree
- Jump in muddy puddles
- Play with leaves (in autumn)
- Collect different types of leaves to take home to do leaf rubbings
- Take a camera for kids to take photos
- Make a scavenger hunt of things for kids to find eg feather, leaves, stick, pinecone, something rough, smooth, round, pretty, noisy etc
- Go on a bear hunt
- How many different birds can you see
This is a list of things and ideas I have up my sleeve, when the children start flagging towards the end of the walk. It keeps them occupied and they have fun and often learn a lot too.
This is how my children got on last week at their attempt of finding something of every colour. Not bad I think, as we did find a purple flower too, but I told them not to pick that.
We also walked along logs and found fallen branches to use for sweeping like Cinderella all the way round.
We spotted bugs and the best part was, we actually saw a snake! (yes, honestly!).
We love walking in the forest. Fresh air, exercise, peace (though not so much with my children) and nature, you can’t beat it!
I love it – taking advantage of what nature has to offer! As you point out keeping young ones going and occupied on a walk is a challenge, you’ve certainly have some activities in mind that help – and it’s all free. Thanks for coming over and sharing with Country Kids.
Great ideas, we love forest walks – going to have try some of them out. Thanks for joining in the Monday Parenting Pin it party.
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What a brilliant list. This is much like what we did but you described it much better. We had to find certain colour flowers etc.
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I especially love the camera idea! When I was a teacher, I once had kids take pictures of different shapes they encountered around the school while we were studying geometry – they loved it! Can’t wait to do a project like that with my own kids. I also really liked the scavenger hunt and bear hunt idea. My kids love “We’re going on a Lion Hunt,” and a walk in the forest would be a perfect time to recite that poem! I’m visiting from the parenting pin-it party and my pinterest id is pinterest.com/slashbrook/
Its always good to have ideas up your sleeve to keep the kids entertained.
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Great post! The forest is such an inspiration but little legs get tired easily, so these tips to keep them entertained are brilliant
Visiting from the Parenting Pin it Party and I’ve pinned onto my board http://pinterest.com/missielizzieb/we-love-forests/ great post!
Thank you, I have followed
Fantastic list have pinned to my ‘Family Fun’ board and will follow. xx
Thank you
There is nothing like some fun while being active! you got some great pictures! i am loving this idea and when Joshua is a little bigger i may set him some challenges.
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It’s a great way to keep them occupied whilst being active