The Forest Friends Trail is a section of the Paul B. Hoskins Trail that is specifically for kids. This part of the trail is wider, has different textured surfaces, two explorer containers and supplies that families can use while they are exploring. Logs meant for climbing on, 7 hand carved plaques by local artist Spirit Williams representing the 7 orders of mammals, a fun photo op and ceramic mammals created by the Logan Hocking H.S art students.
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Resources:
Project Wild: This is a great place to find a huge list of activities for your student, classroom, or homeschool group for all ages. www.fishwildlife.org/projectwild National Geographic has a great page to learn about many species of mammals: kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals Rebecca's Favorites: Animal Antifreeze http://www.outdoorbiology.com/files/resources/activities/Anti-freeze.pdf How many Bears? https://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/WLD_How_Many_Bears_Can_Live_MI_Adaptation_338960_7.pdf |
Books We Love:
Hibernation Station by Michelle Meadows Ten in a Den by John Butler Eww! Critter Litter by Stan Tiekela The Oak and his friends by Anna Tyumentseva Stranger in the Woods by Carl R. Sams Creek Critters by Jennifer Keats Curtis Deena The Damselfly by Steve Rosman Under One Rock by Anthony D. Fredericks Pass the Energy Please by Barbara Shaw McKinney What do you do with a tail like this by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page A Fun Series that makes a great Birthday, Easter, Christmas Present is the Backpack Explorer Series. Discovering Trees On The Nature Trail Bug Hunt Bird Watch Simple, take a long books with stickers, activities to do outdoors that require little supplies. We found them on Amazon! We have copied activities from these books and laminated them. They can be found in the Explorers Containers. Use the laminated copies to guide your Childs play and then return them to the container. |
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