Go on a Listening Scavenger Hunt

I am a big fan of scavenger hunts as a way to get kids outside and paying attention to nature.

The ones I have done in the past have mostly had to do with things you can see (as with the nature scavenger hunt over at Our Daily Craft) but it’s also really fun to engage other senses as you’re observing outside.

Growing Hands on Kids has a great idea for a sound scavenger hunt, and it comes with a free printable so you can do it with your kids easily.

It includes things like the sound of a cat and a dog, water, wind, a creaking tree and some things you might not hear depending on where you live, such as a cow, a duck and a bee.

You could always make your own list depending on the sounds that are common where you live such as honking horns, the musician on the corner or the beep of the garbage truck.

Have you ever done a sound scavenger hunt with your kids? This sounds like a lot of fun and I definitely want to try it on our next family walk.

[Photo by JoanDragonfly via Flickr.]

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I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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