Let’s face it, skiing is far from cheap. With lodging, equipment rentals, food, and lift tickets, a family has to make a substantial investment in order to take a ski vacation. Even if you don’t stay overnight you can easily drop $500 for just a day on the mountain. But there are ways to avoid blowing a huge chunk of change to have a family that skis. Since skiing is one of Kids Unplugged’s favorite ways to get everyone outdoors in {Read More}
Archives for October 2015
Little St Simons Island – Nature and Beauty on Georgia’s Golden Coast
October 6, 2015 by Leave a Comment
“Are there going to be snakes? I don’t want to see any snakes.” Such was the refrain from my 13-year old daughter in the weeks and days leading up to our visit to the Lodge at Little St. Simons Island, a private island retreat off Georgia’s coast. This is a child who has an Indiana Jones-like fear of serpents of all kinds. A child who once emitted a blood curdling shriek at sight of the tiniest of garter snakes in {Read More}
Tips for Sharing Photography with Your Kids
October 5, 2015 by Leave a Comment
My middle daughter is a budding photographer and she’s got a great eye. In fact, all of the images in this post are hers with the exception of the two I took of her with the camera. Her favorite types of shots are close up abstractions of items found in nature–flowers, leaves, insects–but she also likes to play with unique angles and lighting. Textures. Colors. I’m not sure when her enthusiasm for the camera began, but I’m pretty sure {Read More}
5 Ways to Connect Your Kids with Nature
October 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The woods behind the house where I grew up went on forever and I knew every inch of them. A thick layer of amber-colored pine needles littered the woodland floor and I can easily conjure the warm, damp, composty smell of the spongy blackness I’d unearth by digging beneath the carpet. Through the trees, across the dirt road, was a swamp where we spent hours attempting to sail across in the old baby bathtub or upon makeshift plywood rafts. We’d {Read More}
