Do you remember playing outside after dinner? Neighbourhood children of all ages would flock to the end of the street for the game of the day – Hide n Seek, Red Rover, Kick the Can. The actual game didn’t really matter. Kids were just thrilled to be outside – no homework, no chores and no worries. Our street hero was the kid who figured out that one hard hit to a specific spot on the light pole knocked out the light. This enabled us to be a few minutes late home, innocently claiming that the light didn’t come on. How could we possibly know that it was time to return?
Read more – Be Home When the Lights Come On! Preventing Nature-Deficit Disorder, Increasing Children’s Roaming Map
Slip n Slide Your Worries Away
No Responses for “Be Home When the Lights Come On! Preventing Nature-Deficit Disorder”