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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I & DH are not outdoorsy and physical active, but I am willing to get myself out to expose kids to fishing, boating, camping, and some nature survival skills. It is not like I find these activities fun or useful, but I just do not want to rule them out from kids life because parents do not have these interests. I have never done any of these mentioned above because I am from a foreign populated city. Is joining scout or joining summer outdoor camp the best, most budgeted and easy way to do it? Or should parents find some family oriented outdoor club to join from eventrite to find our own groups? Do they have a paid professional guide like that in dmv area to lead a few families to do these things altogether as experiences, like provide us a list of things to bring & buy, and we follow the guide for a few days in nature? [/quote]

It depends on what you want for them. I am not the camping/wilderness type, but we do a lot of hikes, gardening, bug hunting, and talk with the kids about what we are seeing. That kind of everyday encounter goes quite far towards fostering a love and appreciation for nature. We also get memberships in our local nature centers and take them to arboretums, to farms, to parks in spring where you can see tadpoles, maple syrup or honey collecting. Even an outing to a stream can be fun — Asia Citro has some great books on outdoors/nature projects for little kids, and my kids have enjoyed exploring the bugs and testing the water at local streams. With COVID we have found even more places and it’s easy to nip away for an outing of 2 hours, picnic on a hike, etc.

When they get older I think we will probably do national parks and sailing, maybe even (eek) a bit of camping! Haha. But I think getting them used to being out in nature, looking at plants and animals and learning about how things work is something you kind of build into their everyday experience — not an exotic outing that you need a lot of equipment or special skills. If they get into that and want to do more then yes, scouts or your local nature center camp could be good. Some summer camps are also more wilderness oriented.[/quote]

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