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Go Geocaching This Summer

Posted by melissa.t on May 17, 2013 2 comments

geocaching with kids

If your kids like treasure hunts, they’ll love geocaching.

Geocaching is an outdoor, world-wide treasure hunt which requires the use of a GPS to find the treasure.

The treasures aren’t really anything big – nothing of value but a little memento or trinket – stored in a weather-proof metal box.

The treasure is in the hunt – that’s the fun!

Get Started Geocaching

Get started with a geocaching kit like this one that we sell at Imagine Toys.

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The kit includes a GPS unit, a geocache container, a guidebook, and treasures. The GPS is already loaded with 250,000 geocache sites in the United States and you’ll get plenty of hints if you need.

Alternatively, you can use a geocaching app for your phone – the iPhone or Android.

Find a Hunt

Now that you have your GPS, you’re ready to go on a geocache adventure. Find a hunt online at Geocaching.com at the “Hide and Seek” page (or on your GPS or mobile app). You’ll be given the coordinates of the cache.

Next find the starting point and get started looking.

Find the Cache

When you find the treasure, sign your name in the logbook. If you take the treasure, you must leave one to replace it.

Have Fun

Geocaching gives you a fun family activity that keeps you outside, active, and learning. Let us know how it goes. Happy geocaching!!

Photo credit: Padraic Ryan / Foter.com / CC BY-SA

7 Ideas for Staying Active in Cold Weather

Posted by melissa.t on November 23, 2012 None comments
Do your kids get 60 minutes of physical activity every day? Even during the winter months?
The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) recommends school age children engage
in “at least sixty minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity every day.”
We find this challenging some days, especially in the cold. So, here are our favorite staying active ideas that work for us, and can work for you, too.

Outside Active Ideas

Sledding
The next snow day, grab your sled and your child
and have a blast.
Showshoeing
Rent or buy snowshoe equipment. If you can walk, you can snowshoe!
Snowball Fight
Snowball fights involve a lot of movement – bending, twisting, and running.

Inside Active Ideas

Basketball
Set up a basketball hoop in your basement to play inside in bad weather.
Mini-Trampoline
Let your kids bounce, dance, and run in place on an indoor trampoline.
Jump Rope
If your ceiling is high enough, jump rope inside. Check YouTube for inspiring jump rope tricks and songs.
Yoga
Kids’ yoga incorporates familiar poses by using kid-friendly language – most of the time using animals like
a snake, lion, cat, or butterfly to describe the poses.