A Texas-Sized Effort to Promote Outdoor Play

Texas Parks & Wildlife – February 29, 2008
By Dyanne Fry Cortez, Wendee Holtcamp, and Bernadette Noll

Kids don't develop a relationship with nature by watching it on the Discovery Channel. They need to feel the wind, smell leaves and wildflowers, run their fingers over rocks and make personal contact with other living things. Pristine wilderness is not required: Ask any of today's dedicated outdoorsmen, and you may find that his favorite childhood memory involves a backyard tree house or fishing in an irrigation canal. Encourage children to get outside wherever they can, as often as possible, and start building their own memories. Here are 50 ideas to help kids reconnect with the outdoors. Build a sand…

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