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Backyard adventure : get messy, get wet, build cool things, and have tons of wild fun! 51 free-play activities
Thomsen, Amanda
Paper Book
The backyard has long been a space associated with recreation and relaxation, a private patch of earth to escape to, and a springboard for the imagination. In her signature style and drawing on her personal experience as a mother, gardener, and author, Amanda Thomsen encourages kids to create...
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Cool outdoor arts & crafts : great things to do in the great outdoors
Kuskowski, Alex.
Paper Book
Cool Outdoor Arts & Crafts makes the great outdoors fun and exciting. Craft a sun-printed scarf or paint a pair of rocks. Make a terra-cotta wind chime or a beaded garden stake. This book is full of easy-to-follow steps and bright photography for every activity. Plus, it's written just for kids!...
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I love dirt! : 52 activities to help you and your kids discover the wonders of nature
Ward, Jennifer
Paper Book
I Love Dirt! presents 52 open-ended activities to help you engage your child in the outdoors. No matter what your location-from a small patch of green in the city to the wide-open meadows of the country-each activity is meant to promote exploration, stimulate imagination, and heighten a child's...
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150+ screen-free activities for kids : the very best and easiest playtime activities from FunAtHomeWithKids.com!
Citro, Asia.
Paper Book
Bring back playtime, all the time with these 150+ screen-free activities kids will love! Dive into a Bubbling Swamp World. Drum on an Outdoor Sound Wall. Explore the gooeyness of Glowing Slime. With the one-of-a-kind projects in 150+ Screen-Free Activities for...
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A little bit of dirt : 55+ science and art activities to reconnect children with nature
Citro, Asia
Paper Book
Dandelion Bubbles, Rain Drums, Seed Bomb Lollipops and more! Bursting with creative hands-on outdoor science and art activities,A Little Bit of Dirt is full of motivation to get outside and explore. Whether you're investigating the health of your local stream, making...
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Nature play at home : creating outdoor spaces that connect children with the natural world
Striniste, Nancy
Paper Book
"A magnificent resource for transforming backyards into stimulating environments which enhance children's creativity, learning, and fun." --Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods, The Nature Principle, and Vitamin N ...
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Bug lab for kids : family-friendly activities for exploring the amazing world of beetles, butterflies, spiders, and other arthropods
Guyton, John W.
Paper Book
Your bug adventure starts here! Bug Lab for Kids is a collection of more than 40 fun activities for exploring the exciting world of arthropods, which makes up more than 90 percent of all animals on earth, including insects, spiders, centipedes, butterflies, bees, ants...
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Born to be wild : hundreds of free nature activities for families
Garlick, Hattie
Paper Book
Want to save cash and get your kid off the smartphone and into nature? This is the book you need. Packed with great photos of real families in the outdoors, Born to Be Wild contains easy-to-follow instructions for fun family activities and crafts that require nothing more sophisticated...
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Cool maps & geocaching : great things to do in the great outdoors
Hengel, Katherine.
Paper Book
Cool Maps and Geocaching makes the great outdoors fun and exciting. Learn the fun of geocaching. What to put in a secret cache, where to hide it. Create your own compass to find a cache and write in an adventure journal. This book is full of easy-to-follow steps and bright photography for every...
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Bird watcher
Burnie, David.
Paper Book
Become an expert bird-watcher with this hands-on guide to the natural world. It's full of easy-to-do activities and amazing things to see, discover, and explore.
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Brain lab for kids : 52 mind-blowing experiments, models, and activities to explore neuroscience
Chudler, Eric H.
Paper Book
Brain Lab for Kids offers 52 family-friendly activities, science experiments, and models to help you understand how the brain accomplishes all that it does. Riding a bicycle, learning a new language, catching a ball, reading a book: these activities...
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Bug hunter
Burnie, David.
Paper Book
Become an expert bug hunter with this hands-on guide to the natural world. It's full of easy-to-do activities and amazing things to see, discover, and explore.
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The kids campfire book
Drake, Jane.
Paper Book
This book in the Family Fun series has everything you need to know about having a fun and safe campfire. This collection of outdoor activities, games, stories, songs and more is for kids and families to share around the campfire. It includes tips on how to find the best campfire site, identify...
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Handy dad in the great outdoors : more than 30 super-cool projects and activities for dads and kids
Davis, Todd
Ebook
Trade in screen time for fresh air and family fun with adventures and experiments from the host of HGTV's Room Crashers.Slacklining, edible bugs, tarp surfing, and more! In this awesome follow-up to the hugely popular Handy Dad, extreme sports athlete and TV host Todd Davis...
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Cool paper folding : creative activities that make math & science fun for kids!
Hanson, Anders
Paper Book
Discover secret math and science tricks to creating art! This title introduces young readers to the sciences, with a creative twist. Math and science educational pages are interspersed with cool paper folding activities that offer practical applications of the information students learn in class....
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