If you’re struggling to get your kids off their electronic devices, then the outdoors is a great place to put them. It’s the younger generations of today that don’t understand life before technology, mainly because they’ve grown up with it.
From knocking on your friend’s doors and asking them to come out and play to spending time building mud cakes, it’s these memories that are still important to experience.
If you don’t want your kids to miss out on this, then here are some helpful tips to get your kids outdoors more often.
Firstly, make sure you’re getting them interested in the outdoors in general. That means perhaps involving them in your gardening efforts. Whether it’s planting a forest pansy redbud or teaching them about how to dig up plants or planting seeds, it’s a great learning experience for your kids.
Not only that but it’s likely going to be highly engaging and something that you’ll definitely want to do with your kids. Try to take them out during the weekends and when you’re going outdoors to do some gardening in general. It’s these moments that will pique their interest in gardening in general.
Outdoor activities are something to be mindful of when it comes to encouraging your children to spend time in the wilderness outdoors. With that being said, consider setting up some outdoor activities. Perhaps you could have a sand pit for the little ones or an obstacle course for the older kids to enjoy.
To keep them engaged with the outdoors, it’s all about what activities you give to them to keep them occupied.
To help your kids spend more time outdoors, consider an outdoor club or class that you could have them join locally. This is something that can be sports related for example or it could be a scouts club that gets together to do a mixture of indoor and outdoor activities.
It’s good to fill their time wisely and to make sure that their timetables are full to the brim with activities.
If you’re getting them outside every so often, it’s worthwhile setting a time every day or sometime in the week for outdoor play. Allocating some time to outdoor play is going to make it easier to keep track and ensure they’re always getting a bit of fresh air, whether that’s every day or once a week.
To help incentivize your kids to play outside, why not invite their friends over for outdoor playtime in the garden? Connect with other mums or friends who’ve got family that you could then invite over for the afternoon. It’s something that will be much appreciated during the school holidays too.
With these tips, you’ll definitely help increase the amount of time they spend outdoors instead of on their phones or gaming devices this year.
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