Allowing children to explore the outdoors is essential for their holistic growth. Important concepts can be learned and skills can be developed in the outdoors. Knowing this, I often encourage my son to interact with the outdoor environment regularly. That is why, we as a family truly look forward to our stay in our house in Laguna... we get to bond with nature and each other. Here are some things you can engage in outdoors, a local park or your own backyard:
KITE FLYING - along with developing physical skills, this activity may help children understand the concept of wind, flying and lightness of objects; may help children in following directions and practicing patience as they wait for their turn or while they find the "perfect" wind.
BUG HUNTING / CATCHING - Outdoors are filled with treasures for your children to find. Encouraging you kids to look for / catch bugs (ants, moths, butterflies, dragonflies) for you to observe together will be very enriching. Doing this is a great jumping point to more learning such as body parts, ecology, life cycle, etc. However, I also make it a point to remind Ynigo not to hurt the insects and to let them go after we have observed them. This will help your children respect all life forms.
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| My boys observing their catch |
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| Ynigo trying to catch a dragonfly |
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| Daddy catching an elusive butterfly for Ynigo |
PLANT OBSERVATION - I also encourage Ynigo to observe plants and flowers around him; making sure he uses as many of his senses as possible. His favorite is the Makahiya. He loves making them close.
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| Ynigo's favorite Makahiya Plant |
GAMES like Hide and Seek and Races - Outdoors is truly a time to use those muscles and build endurance and strength. Ynigo loves playing Hide and seek and Racing the most. At times he joins his father in basketball too. He also plays golf and soccer at the fields.
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| Racing with Daddy |
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| Basketball with Daddy... sometimes Mommy joins too |
You may also do PICNICS and ART ACTIVITIES while outdoors (I will show pictures on my next blog on these).
Have fun outdoors, everyone!
Outdoor activities is sure fun for the kids, and through this they experience the AHA! moments. Lei's outdoor activities is playing with his friends outside the house, he loves it also when we visit his lolo in province, we went also to zambales beach last summer, and i found out that he discovers many things. i hope our class also experience outdoor Activities sometimes (Tour) hehehe:)
ReplyDeletehello :) I agree on what mama mia said about having a tour :)) it's true that having outdoor activities for kids will help them explore and discover things that will help in their learning :) outdoor activities will not only lead to enjoyment but also in learning :) also in outdoor activities, kids will feel free and independent. it is also fun if they do it with their family :)
ReplyDeleteoutdoor activities are really fun, exciting, and much more meaningful especially to young children.. I hope i can also enjoy some with my own family so that my husband and i could both be parts of our children's discovery learnings.
ReplyDeletei agree with you guys... I and we know how Outdoor activities are very important for the learning of a CHILD....we know how helpful the outdoor activities.
ReplyDeleteevery child needs some activities like KITE FLYING,BUG HUNTING / CATCHING,also observing Plants or their environment and the most enjoyable game the HIDE AND SEEK...
so as future teacher/ teacher we should give our students some outdoor activities, (different outdoor activities...) they enjoy it at the same time they learn....:)
wow.. nice outdoor activities :) I've learned from this post that children learn best through playing especially with their parents.. dapat po siguruhin ng parents na nag lalaan sila ng sapat na oras at atensyon para sa mga gantong bagay... playing and having fun with their kids..
ReplyDeleteyou're really cute together.. a picture of a happy and blessed family :)
Outdoor activities are really exciting and enjoyable, especially with the kids. Doing this recreation with the whole family is very helpful for the children to learn something on how to develop their growing aspects in terms of physical, cognitive and socio-emotional. Engaging them in nature can help them also to see how beautiful the world is, and through that they may recognize how to value the things around them while they are growing.
ReplyDeleteso as a future teacher and mother, I encourage all of us to become creative and patient in giving them an outdoor activities. And let’s just enjoy doing activities to see the children how important activities are^__^