A sample example of a nature-based bingo card using generic icons.īefore they leave for their nature excursion, they could look at the sky and predict the weather they expect to experience and include an icon for it on their bingo card – sunny, bright and cloudy, dark clouds, rain, or rainbow. You help them decide what it takes to win – all in a line, diagonal, round the world, etc. Then as they find these items in nature, they color in the squares with a highlighter.

Instead of a letter and number code for a traditional bingo 5×5 grid, they sketch plants and animals in the grid. When you click them you support Paper Trail Design.Before heading out for a walk in the woods, prairie, or wetland, kids could prepare their own nature-based bingo game where they record their observations (see Kid’s Corner for a couple of bingo pdfs already available). You can just print the bingo as a half page. Get them at your doorstep without bringing screaming kids into the store! Score!Īlternately, these mini clip boards on amazon might be easier for little kids to hold on to. Need clip boards? This clip board three-pack on amazon is an inexpensive option. You can leave a comment on this post, comment on facebook Printables from Paper Trail Design are for personal use only.Īfter you’ve tried it out please come back and let us know how it worked for you.

The whole experience becomes a treasure hunt and they won’t be quite so inclined to complain about every step on the trail. This Hiking Bingo card can act in much the same way. Every time we went on a hike it was more of a beetle treasure hunt for him. One summer my son had an obsession with Beetles thanks to some books he checked out from our local library. The times they hike the best are when they are excited about being out in nature. I’ve done everything to get them to hike from skittles to empty threats. The problem is that I’ve got a litter of four children and sometimes my exclamation “hey guys! lets go hiking today!” is met with an equally exuberant “nooooo!” They hike just fine at times but others I want to leave them to fend for themselves in the wilderness because they are complaining, or moving so slow I can’t even get any exercise.

The article even claims that taking kids with ADHD hiking can improve their symptoms. Today I got tagged in this post about how hiking is amazing for your mental health. I get tagged at least once a week on facebook in a hiking post. Hiking BINGO just might save me on my next hike! I’m kind of a freak about hiking.

Nature walk bingo