I would argue that next to mindfulness and matters of the spirit, the most important thing you can teach a child is to love nature. Listening to the wind blow through aspen leaves, or the silence of freshly fallen snow, or the sound of waves crashing on shore; being surrounded by trees, or on the top of a mountain, or at the shore of the mighty ocean; nature fills us up. It's like home for us. There is so much world to explore, so much beauty to see. We try to take every chance we can get to get outside and explore.
We recently joined the Wild Explorers Club and we are so excited about it. It's a wilderness club where you fulfill assignments to work towards badges.
- Wolf - Embrace the Life of an Explorer
- Bobcat - Be Relentlessly Curious
- Bear - Learn New Things
- Elk - Care For Others
- Fox - Know How Things Work
- Bison - Read Great Books
- Beaver - See the Adventure in Everything
- Owl - Discover Your Passion
- Hawk - Make Awesome Things
- Eagle - Travel to New Places
We begin with trying to achieve our Wolf badge. Each badge has several wilderness assignments for you to complete to earn that badge. Our first assignment was to fill a pack with everything you need to go on an adventure. We filled ours with the things we use when we go for hikes, as that is what we do most often.
We are very excited about the adventures to come as we work through the badges and become Eagles! You can check out the Wild Explorers Club by going to www.wildexplorersclub.com or searching #wildexplorersclub on Instagram.
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