Looking for some fun activities for your kids or grandkids this summer? Help them to learn about science and nature and how to be guardians of this beautiful place that we are privileged to share.
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Biosphere to Release New Kids Activity Booklet
May 2018
Have you practiced searching for animal signs in your backyard?
Have you given a helping hand to a species at risk?
Have you collected photos of your neat nature findings?
If you own the first edition of the Kids in the Biosphere Activity Booklet, your answers to these questions will be “Yes!” Released by the Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve (GBBR) in 2014, this booklet was a great success, with over 200 copies sold in the first season!
Four years later, GBBR is continuing to help connect youth with all that Georgian Bay has to offer with a second edition of this kid’s booklet. The Kids in the Biosphere Four Seasons Activity Booklet contains over 70 pages of classic activities, including: ways to help species at risk, a scavenger hunt, a night hike guide, and Bugs in the Mud. The booklet also contains local plant and animal information and identification guides, as well as many spaces for kids to write and draw their observations and ideas.
New to this booklet is the Climate Champions section with ways families can shrink their environmental footprint at home. Indigenous knowledge shared by the Anishinabek (Ojibway) people include stories about Turtle Island and the Four Directions. The booklet encourages kids to repeat the self-guided activities each year to see how their findings change.
The Kids in the Biosphere Activity Booklet is only $10, and will be for sale in several stores in the region as well as from the Biosphere office, 11 James Street Parry Sound. For more information please contact Delaina Arnold at education@gbbr.ca.
Free, online activities for kids can be downloaded or printed from gbbr.ca/kids. Families will also find a summer blog with information about what is happening in nature and even more fun, outdoor activities. Have a great summer in the Biosphere!
Download this story and the entire WCA Spring Newsletter May 2018 in PDF format (1.5MB).