{"id":1997,"date":"2017-06-30T01:51:30","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T01:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saynplaycolumbus.com\/?p=1997"},"modified":"2017-06-30T01:51:30","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T01:51:30","slug":"summer-challenge-5-explore-your-own-backyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestsidedesign.org\/snp\/index.php\/2017\/06\/30\/summer-challenge-5-explore-your-own-backyard\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Challenge #5: Explore your own backyard"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s the heart of summer and the 4th of July is fast approaching. There are generally a lot of neighborhood and family get togethers planned this week, so the challenge is to find new ways to explore your own backyard. Below I have listed 10 ways to get you started.<\/p>\n

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  1. Whip up some\u00a0sidewalk paint from the Happy Hooligans<\/a>\u00a0and get to work painting away in the backyard. Label the paint colors and discuss what your child is painting.<\/li>\n
  2. Run through the sprinkler. Have some fun with “ready, set … go.” Discuss the concept wet\/dry.<\/li>\n
  3. Make some Mud. Discuss how mixing dirt and water create mud.<\/li>\n
  4. Search for rocks and paint them for The Kindness Rocks Project<\/a>. Point out rocks, label paint colors\u00a0and talk about what message could be added to the rocks.<\/li>\n
  5. Find 5 different types of bugs and label them.<\/li>\n
  6. Set up a bird feeder and see how many different kinds of birds you can attract. Label the birds as the come and talk about what the birds are doing (eating\/flying)<\/li>\n
  7. Bring pool noodles into the yard and see how many different ways you can incorporate them into your play.<\/li>\n
  8. Set up a picnic in your own backyard. Label foods, talk about eat\/drink.<\/li>\n
  9. Dig for worms. Use the action word “dig” and then label the worm once one is found.<\/li>\n
  10. Water all the plants. Label the plants and talk about putting the water “on” the plants to give them a drink.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    My hope is that each and every adventure will be different and exciting. Please connect and share your experiences using #saynplaythesummeraway.<\/em><\/p>\n

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    It’s the heart of summer and the 4th of July is fast approaching. There are generally a lot of neighborhood and family get togethers planned this week, so the challenge is to find new ways to explore your own backyard. Below I have listed 10 ways to get you started. Whip up some\u00a0sidewalk paint from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,17,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-explore","category-play-at-home","category-say-n-play-summer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestsidedesign.org\/snp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestsidedesign.org\/snp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestsidedesign.org\/snp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestsidedesign.org\/snp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestsidedesign.org\/snp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bestsidedesign.org\/snp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestsidedesign.org\/snp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestsidedesign.org\/snp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestsidedesign.org\/snp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}