1000 Hours Outside: Activities to Match Screen Time with Green Time

1000 Hours Outside: Activities to Match Screen Time with Green Time

by Ginny Yurich
1000 Hours Outside: Activities to Match Screen Time with Green Time

1000 Hours Outside: Activities to Match Screen Time with Green Time

by Ginny Yurich

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Overview

Join the global movement and challenge your family to match screen time with outdoor time-with hundreds of fun, fresh-air ideas.

Did you know that the average American child spends 1,200 hours a year in front of a screen? And that outside play can boost children in every area of development? This book has everything you need to reset the balance and swap screen time for outdoor fun!

Challenge your family to spend 1,000 hours outside this year with this collection of games, crafts, and activities, organized by season to help you find something you can do every day. Play sidewalk board games, take gratitude hike, make a snack necklace, go on a treasure hunt, build obstacle courses, and much more with hundreds of ideas for all ages, abilities, and family types.

Get tips to track your hours and plenty of hacks and boosts to help you meet your goal. No matter how busy you are, this book gives you all the ideas, photos, activity instructions, and inspiration you need to get outdoors with your family all year round.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780744082005
Publisher: DK
Publication date: 12/20/2022
Sold by: Penguin Group
Format: eBook
Pages: 288
Sales rank: 743,404
File size: 72 MB
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About the Author

Ginny Yurich is a Michigan-based, homeschooling mama of five kids, and she is the founder of 1000 Hours Outside, a global movement to help families match the average amount of time kids spend on screens each year with time spent outdoors. Ginny is a thought-leader in the world of nature-based play and its benefits. Ginny has a BS in Mathematics and a Masters Degree in Education from the University of Michigan. Find her online at 1000HoursOutside.com and join the movement on Instagram: @1000hoursoutside, Facebook: 1000 Hours Outside, and Twitter: @1000HoursOutside

Table of Contents

Introduction 4

Chapter 1 Winter

Hot Chocolate Hike 8

Salt Dough Shapes 10

Snow Painting 12

Invent a Constellation 14

Ice Brick Tower 16

Stained Ice Fort 18

Winter Fire 20

Snow Cake 22

Winter Walk 24

Eggshell Cress 26

Beeswax Luminaries 28

Ice Ornaments 30

Make Some Music 32

Cafe Play 34

Snow Volcano 36

Story Stones 38

Frozen Bubbles 40

Lantern 42

Nighttime Hike 44

Hoop Art 46

Snow Angel 48

Moon Cycles 50

Bird Feed Shapes 52

Feeding Birds 54

Snowflake Study 56

Mud Pies 58

Painting Ice Sheets 60

Decorate a Tree 62

Frost Walk 64

Fruit Feeder 66

Snow Animals 68

Snow Hot Tub 70

Woodcraft 72

Snow Lantern 74

Chapter 2 Spring

Calendar of Firsts 78

Flower Mandala 80

Hunt for Animal Homes 82

Color-changing Flowers 84

Fairy Home 86

Inside Outside 88

Insects 90

Flower Farming 92

Sidewalk Art 94

Tadpoles to Frogs 96

Nature Tray 98

Growing Tomatoes 100

Shadow Play 102

Stick Art 104

Unique Tree Hunt 106

Play with Gravity 108

Jewelry Making 110

Seesaw Balance 112

Leaf Printing 114

Nature Matching 116

Flower Rainbow 118

Reading Challenge 120

Frame It! 122

Cloud Gazing 124

Hopscotch 126

Wild Weaving 128

Fairy Doors 130

Flower Pressing 132

Mud Play 134

Discovering Salamanders 136

Plant a Tree 138

Pattern Spotting 140

Ice Excavation 142

Hiking 144

Chapter 3 Summer

Frozen Flowers 148

Suncatcher 150

Butterfly Catching 152

Vine Basket Weaving 154

Pooh Sticks 156

Barefoot Day 158

Flower Sewing 160

Sand Building 162

Growing Carrots 164

Water Play 166

Sheet Painting 168

Beanstalk Hideout 170

Summer Sledding 172

Reptiles 174

Chalk Scenes 176

Sand Burying 178

Creeking 180

Sensory Bin 182

Hammocks 184

Flower Art 186

Tea Party Time 188

Splatter Painting 190

Beach Tournament 192

Mud Pool 194

Ephemeral Art 196

Berry Picking 198

Jam Making 200

Compass Time 202

Beach Art 204

Heart Hunt 206

Sunflower Dissection 208

Tic-Tac-Toe 210

Beach Cleanup 212

Feet Painting 214

Chapter 4 Fall

Petal-Stained Glass 218

Blowing Bubbles 220

Leaf Rainbow Art 222

Pumpkin Vase 224

Apple Time 226

Animal Faces 228

Nature Journaling 230

Mushroom Hunt 232

Stick Fort 234

Egg Carton Scavenger Hunt 236

Nature's Playground 238

Leaf Crown 240

Acorn Candles 242

Follow the Leader 244

Magnifying Glass 246

Leaf Art 248

Creepy Crawlies 250

Rock Stacks 252

Bug Hotel 254

Bubble Art 256

Leaf Wreath 258

Rain Play 260

Bird-Watching 262

Kite Flying 264

Wearable Wings 266

Pumpkin Picking 268

Leaf Masks 270

Corn Husk Dolls 272

Playground Hop 274

Mushroom Art 276

Nature Collecting 278

Pumpkin Neighborhood 280

Leaf Pile Games 282

Leaf Rubbing 284

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