Longer days and milder weather create a vast number of families that would like to be outside observing their surrounding world. Camping with your children is one of the best moves you can make so that you can enjoy the beauty of the wilderness. Camping allows families a chance to get out of the routine of daily life to experience nature and have one experience they will never forget.
- Putting up a Tent: Show children how to pitch and tie tent in place so that they feel they have achieved something.
- Constructing a Campfire: Demonstrate to the children how to go about getting wood safe gathering and the structure of a fire to light it with matches or a lighter.
- Learning to read a map and compass:Â Give children a map and a compass and educate them about how to use the map and identify trails and landmarks.
Wilderness Spirit Arouses:
Hiking in Forests: Select trails that are of a different level of difficulty to keep children on their toes.
Stream Splashing: Have children have a place to splash and play in the water by picking out a safe spot and seeking out cool rocks and people.
Stargazing: Take or bring a telescope or simply spread out, lay on blankets , name constellations ,planets in the open night.
Looking at Wildlife: Observe and use a guide book to identify birds, insects and other wildlife.
Along with the adventure such as going camping out in the open, there is a certain form of familial bonding that comes with family camping. It is the kind of things that you toast marshmallows in a campfire, tell stories in a campfire and those moments of wow! out in the open with someone you love. It is about making the bond even stronger between the family members and setting the traditions that children will value all the rest of their lives.
- Roasting Marshmallows: Have kids practice up toasting marshmallows just right so that they are perfect to use in making s’mores.
- Storytelling: Tell kids family stories or make some up yourself; you could also encourage their creativity and sense of history.
- Quiet Moments: take your time in the early morning or late night stargazing and have some uttering moments together.
- Introducing Traditions: Create some traditions that you can repeat on the next trip by having a certain song, or an activity.
- Memories that will last Forever:Is it time to start camping with your kids? Whether you are an experienced camper or just thinking of trying something new this summer, there are a lot of great reasons why it might be a fun camping trip. Whether you are setting up a tent next to your home campground or taking up to the wilds the camping with your children is as sure a formula of fun filled family adventure that will last a lifetime and be remembered fondly. Pack your camping requirements, and prep your little ones’-to be taken on an adventure-memories you will cherish forever.
- Visiting neighbourhood campgrounds: Explore and make selection of child-friendly campgrounds in your location that have activities and facilities to keep the child occupied.
- Venture into the Wilderness Areas: Plan a tour to a national park or hard to reach place to get a more rugged experience.
- Writing about the Trip: For children to remember the experiences, have them write a step by step record, or take snaps of the experiences.
- Nature walks-Preach to the children to note birds, insects and plants
Campfire only remembered words; but which words these, passing to the B; the B to E; the E to G; and the G to P.
Sports/games on the outside – frisbee, hide-and-seek or even treasure hunt
Stargazing -show them how to tell thru constellations
It is all about enforcing the mixture of free play and structured activities in keeping the children intrigued and happy.