Adventure Girls!: Crafts and Activities for Curious, Creative, Courageous Girls

by Nicole Duggan

Overview

Explore, create, and imagine like a girl!

Girls can do anything, and Adventure Girls! proves it! Packed with exciting activities and crafts for girls (ages 6 to 12), this book inspires young adventurers to be curious, innovative, and bold. From stargazing and animal tracking to making a pinhole camera and building a shadow theater, Adventure Girls! is not one of your typical craft books. It empowers girls to:

• Develop independence—Many of the activities are designed to be parent-assisted as girls learn to explore and create safely on their own.
• Delve into science—Discover scientific ideas and principles through constellation identification, bird watching, and compass making.
• Get their hands dirty—Adventure Girls! encourages outdoor play and exploration, from making a rope swing in the backyard to going on a nature scavenger hunt to building a shelter outside.
• Express their creative side—These crafts for girls also engage their artistic side, with activities like creating decorative 3D stars, pressing flowers, and folding (and inventing their own) paper airplanes.

Instill confidence and curiosity with this collection of fun, engaging activities and crafts for girls.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781641527422
Publisher:	Callisto Publishing
Publication date:	11/05/2019
Series:	Adventure Crafts for Kids
Pages:	138
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	850L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 12 Years

About the Author

NICOLE DUGGAN is the author of Adventure Girls! and a passionate educator with a master’s degree and many years of experience in early childhood education. She is the founder of the blog The Activity Mom, where she inspires children to explore and create while empowering parents to connect with their children through learning. Join her at Activity-Mom.com for more inspiration.

Editorial Reviews

As a mother of a Girl Scout and an educator for twenty years, this book has been a survival guide at home and school. The activities are engaging, creative, and fun.”—Ashley Lowman Berger, PhD, professor, educator and, mother of a girl

“I love that this book covers an array of interests! My girls will enjoy the outdoor experiences with nature, finding fun ways to be active, making creations of their own, and learning new things. I am excited to share this book with my Scout troop to help them build new skills—and have fun in the process!”—Naomi Wentworth, mom, teacher, and Scout leader

“This book is full of crafts and activities that I would say ‘Yes, please!’ to doing with my girls! I have been using Nicole's blog as a source of go-to activities for years, and I'm so excited to have a book now to gift to others so they can benefit from both her creativity and practical ideas! As an incredible educator and mom, Nicole sets kids and parents up for success with the activities she shares in this book. It's a perfect book for rainy day activities, summer days, and just plain family fun! I can't wait to buy a copy for my daughters, their friends, and each girl in my Girl Scout Troop!”—Anne Hedges, teacher, Girl Scout Leader, and mom of 3 creative, adventurous girls

“In this book, like in the classroom, Nicole Duggan presents complex concepts and information to children through fun, hands-on activities which are sure to spark their curiosities and satisfy their natural desire to learn! Packed with interesting (and doable) activities Adventure Girls will have girls (and boys) wanting to learn more about photography, bookmaking, hiking, bird watching, fort building, and so much more! With facts and insights into remarkable women—plus lots of extra tips—sprinkled throughout, every girl will love this book!”—Jennifer McCarville, educator, founder and director of Marvelously Made, the school for young children

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