National Trust: 50 Things To Do Before You're 11 3/4: An Outdoors Adventure Handbook

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Now I’m not sure I even knew this was a thing! One for this Summer! No 18 Create some Wild Art–50 things to do before you are 11 and 3/4 Give lots of (genuine) compliments this week. If you have a nice thought about someone, let it out! We play this anytime we see a bridge now but we first experienced it, I think, at Lantern and Larks in Lancashire on a fab weekend break.

The Fifty Things link is here and below are the ones we have managed so far. So why not get started yourself – loads of them can be done for free! No1 Climb a Tree –50 things to do before you are 11 and 3/4 There has definitely been cooking on a campfire on many occasions but the photos are sadly few and far between! We will do more this year as evidence for the list! No48 Learn to ride a horse – 50 things to do before you are 11 and 3/4 Things achieved record web and social media traffic compared to previous NT campaigns. It has also been hugely successful in encouraging participation from Trust properties who have been running events and have permanently changed the way they communicate to visitors. Over 90% of visitors engaging with the campaign at properties in the first year said they would spend more time outdoors as a result. The idea really caught the attention of the media, attracting 131 pieces of media coverage on launch day alone (including 7 TV features)If your child has autism, you may find that they are motivated by the idea of looking at pictures of themselves over the years. You may find that this is a way of interesting them in the concept of history. Always – no such thing as bad weather just the wrong clothes. Here we all are on our walk from Ilam Park to Dovedale Stepping Stones | National Trust A challenge for the summer definitely. No13 Make a mud pie –50 things to do before you are 11 and 3/4 We must have done lots of this, definitely on the beach but I’m not sure how much of this we have done in the woods or in the fields! Must do more! No25 Make a Grass Trumpet

I’m going to say that we haven’t done this enough and that it should still be on the list! No36 Make a home for a wild animal– 50 things to do before you are 11 and 3/4 We’ve done a lot of camping but I don’t think it is true to say that we have done any wild camping. Not like We’re going on a Adventure Blog who really did do some wild camping with her three! Today’s children spend 60% less time outside than their parents did at the same age and are more likely to be admitted to hospital for falling out of bed than out of a tree. On holiday, take a photo of 10 strangers (with their permission). Try to get a little story or snippet to go with each.We do this on most beaches and I feel like I should have a photo but I don’t! No6 Run around in the rain –50 things to do before you are 11 and 3/4

Other museums will give children the opportunity to develop their awareness of the past, and how things have changed over time. The Science and Media Museum has galleries to explore technology, including Wonderlab where what you see and hear is only the beginning.Buy an item of clothing from a charity shop that you really like, but isn’t the sort of thing you normally wear. Wear it. Charmouth Heritage Coast Centresits on the beach at Charmouth and has ample (and reasonably priced) parking close by (and a café below it!). The centre offers a small exhibition as well as advice and resources to support fossil hunting. It also offers the opportunity to sign up to a fossil hunting session run by resident Palaeontologist Phil.