The Great American Backyard Campout is June 22nd
This
weekend connect with nature and your kids by participating in the National
Wildlife Federation sponsored Great American Backyard Campout!
Backyard
camping is the perfect way to introduce children to camping: it is familiar yet
different enough to be exciting, you remain close to home if mishaps should
arise, you are creating memories that will last a lifetime, supplies and a
change of clothes are close at hand, and it is a great way to connect with your
backyard and each other!
Are you an
educator who wants to participate in the Great American Backyard Campout with your
students? Did you know you can create a team and register through the NWF? (Families
can register too!) Can’t actually go camping? How about faux camping on the
school grounds during the day? Set up tents, explore the school grounds (or
your backyard), cook outdoors, tell stories and have FUN!
Camping & Nature Exploration Books
Arnosky, J. 1997. Bird
Watcher. Random House Children's Books.Arnosky, J. 1997. Bug Hunter. Random House Children's Books.
Boring, M. 1999. Fun with Nature. T&N Children's Publishing.
Boring, M. and L. Evert. 2001. More Fun with Nature. Northword Press.
Bosselaar, L., and E. Hiestand. 2000. Urban Nature: Poems About Wildlife in the City. Milkweed Editions.
Capogna, V.V. 1999. Did You Ever Wonder about Things You Find in Your Backyard? Marshall Cavendish Inc.
Carlson, L.M. and J. Dammel. 1995. Kids Camp!: Activities for the Backyard or Wilderness. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated.
Ching, J. 2000. Camping: Have Fun, Be Smart. Rosen Publishing Group, Incorporated.
Drake, J. and A. Love. 1998. Kids Campfire Book. Kids Can Press, Limited.
Eckart, E. 2003. I Can Go Camping. Children's Press.
Leopold, A. 1989. A Sand County Almanac. Oxford University Press.
Leslie, C. 2003. Keeping a Nature Journal. Storey Publishing.
Love, D. 1997. Backyard Camp-out Book. HarperCollins Publishers.
Muir, J. 1997. John Muir: Nature Writings. Penguin Group.
Paolilli, P. and D. Brewer. 2001. Silver Seeds: A Book of Nature Poems. Viking.
Ruurs, M. 2004. When We Go Camping. Tundra.
Ryder, J., and D. Nolan. 1990. Under Your Feet. Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.
Thoreau, H. 2004. Walden. Houghton Mifflin Books.
White, K.L. 2006. Cooking in a Can. Gibbs Smith.
Winner, C. 2006. Kids Gone Campin': The Young Camper's Guide to Having More Fun Outdoors. Creative Publishing International, Incorporated.
Yolen, J. and J. Stemple. Color Me a Rhyme: Nature Poems for Young People. Boyds Mills Press.
Camping Links
NWF: Great
American Backyard Campouthttp://www.nwf.org/great-american-backyard-campout.aspx
IDNR:
Camping Tips and Recipes
http://www.iowadnr.gov/Recreation/CampingFacilityRentals/CampingTipsRecipes.aspx
NWF: Camping
Tips, Recipes, Songs and More
http://www.nwf.org/Great-American-Backyard-Campout/Get-Ready.aspxIDNR Pinterest (Camping recipes and more!)
http://pinterest.com/iowadnr/
