Leo Heck: 50 Educational Outdoor Games

This book has it all: games, recipes, exercises, mindfulness challenges, creative ideas, and science puzzles. And to do all of this, you'll need to spend a lot of time outdoors! After reading this collection, you'll learn who lives in the pond, what the chestnut queen looks like, what it takes to open a hedgehog cafe, where birds hide their nests, how to bring stones to life, and much more. You'll never want to leave the outdoors!

The author's illustrations for each activity mimic children's drawings—spontaneous and sweet—giving the child who holds this book confidence and the opportunity to fearlessly try, for example, drawing a dove or a toad, creating an installation, constructing a weather vane or a sundial, and generally giving free rein to their imagination! After all, the most important thing is the desire to create something with your own hands and explore the world around you, to observe it closely, to remember, to sketch, and even to imitate.

The book is divided into several thematic chapters to help children choose an activity based on their interests: playing music, exploring botany, studying animals, creating art, building something real (well, almost real), becoming a designer, or collecting. There are plenty of exciting ideas for any time of year that can be easily implemented outdoors!