Kids and Nature: Getting the Munchins Outdoors, on Foot, or on a Bike

 Ever since I was 2 years old, in 1962, I've been an outdoors person, riding my bike, or walking, everywhere, as well as using Mass Transit.

My parents never drove cars, what can I say? ;-D

Recently, my friend Randy Eady, of Kosharey Rhythms Therapeutics, and Glider Rider Bikes, joined an interesting website called the Children & Nature Network.

The purpose of the site is described this way:

The Children & Nature Network (C&NN) was created to encourage and support the people and organizations working nationally and internationally to reconnect children with nature. The network provides a critical link between researchers and individuals, educators and organizations dedicated to children's health and well-being.

He has begun to contribute blog posts on his member page, and has written one, with cool pictures of his kids, on the Glider Rider Pedal-less bikes, that I found interesting.

The point of his piece is how to use nature as a "Great Equilizer".

He points out something very interesting about where he lives:

"We're fortunate to live within 5 miles of our elementary school and bike (4x a week) hike (once a week) right past the car lines everyday.  Astonishingly, though many children live around us that attend the same school, we are one of the few families that ventures to school this way."

 

 He goes on to describe 3 reasons why such exercise is important.

Randy is also an intergenerational rehabilitation specialist, and member of the International Council on Active Aging, and some of his blog posts deal with the young, and the young at heart, doing outdoor activities together.

 

 So, what does this have to do with Croquet?

Read on: Over The Lawn, Through The Wicket, Across The Generational Gap…

 

His Blog is here.

 

The Children & Nature Network Website, with lots interesting articles, resources, and other bloggers, is here.