Hike it Baby ran our second Bring it Outside workshop sequence this summer season in Gresham, Oregon at Nadaka Nature Park. Thanks to the help of a beneficiant grant from the Oregon Conservation & Recreation Fund, Hike it Baby was in a position to run programming on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday mornings, with each English and bilingual Spanish & English workshops obtainable. This 4 week workshop sequence, every led by a distinct facilitator, lined a wide range of matters to assist encourage households to spend time in nature collectively.
The facilitator led curriculum lined the fundamentals of getting open air, sensory play and how you can proceed the out of doors time behavior sooner or later past the workshop sequence, plus launched kiddos and their households to Leave No Trace rules and conservation fundamentals. The workshop setting allowed contributors to obtain group and facilitator help, plus every household was supplied with bilingual sources and kit to assist make getting open air accessible to everybody.
Although the programming was geared in direction of younger kids ages 0-5, the entire household was inspired to take care of take pleasure in some out of doors enjoyable collectively, and Hike it Baby was in a position to serve 15 households by means of this workshop sequence. We offered backpacks to all contributors, and a wide range of provides so all households may take part within the out of doors actions freed from cost, plus snacks and water in any respect occasions.
We wrapped up the 4 workshop sequence with a Bring it Outside Family Festival in July, the place all attendees acquired extra free gear, sources, meals, drinks and a day of out of doors enjoyable. We loved spending time with all of those fantastic households over the course of the sequence and the Family Festival occasion, and are trying ahead to our subsequent workshop sequence!
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