We received a sample in exchange for a honest an unbiased review.
In the midst of a pandemic there are not many activities open in our
community for the children. Understandably, it is a slow, safe process
opening places to crowds of people. It is a great time however, to
start exploring the outdoors with your children. This is how we became interested in Little Bridges.
Little Bridges released an outdoor intergenerational activity kit
recently and we have been lucky to review it. The Grandma & Me :
Explore Outdoors provides grandmothers an easy, engaging way to
explore nature with their grandchildren.
The Grandma & Me: Explore Outdoors is a complete activity kit that's
recommended for children four years through eight years and above. It
has been designed to inspire outside playtime.
The activity kit comes packaged neat and organized with instructions
on how you will be using everything in the kit. The kit comes complete
with a Storybook, Magnifying Glass, Outdoor Activity Journal, Solar
Print Kit, Drawstring Backpack, 3 Fine Point Paint Pens, and Sidewalk
Chalk.
To get started with the activities me and my granddaughter read a book
together. "A Busy Bee Life"
This book has a wonderful storyline that is fact filled while
explaining the busy, buzzing life of a beehive. I could tell that my
granddaughter and her older brother found this book very interesting.
The illustrations are bright and just stunning. We probably discussed
bees for the next two days after this read. I know they will want to
go back to this book and read it again.
Everything else will be found inside the child sized drawstring
backpack. I noticed right away that the quality of the backpack was
excellent along with all the items in the kit. Children are able to
personalize their backpack before heading for the outdoors. There was
nothing in this kit that came flimsy or cheap. All the ideas are safe
and easy to do.
There is a unique activity journal
that has many ideas for nature based activities. A few that have
interested us have been painting rocks, playing an outdoor alphabet
game and pressing flowers. The journal is going to become a special
keepsake that her and I can write notes and draw pictures. I always
treasure things like that.
Another awesome activity in the box is a solar print kit that comes
with instructions. Don't get nervous, it's not hard. The instructions
told us to collect objects from the outside such as flowers, leaves
and small sticks. Remove a piece of solar paper and place it in the
solar frame. Leaving the frame open the objects are arranged on the
paper and then close the clear frame. The frame gets placed in the
direct sunlight for 1-5 minutes then remove the paper from the objects
and rinse the paper under water for a minute. After drying flat you
will have a finished solar print that will amaze the kids. They feel
so accomplished that they have made something so cool.
There are many more cool ideas that we have not yet tried such as a
scavenger hunt and making nature faces. It will be such a delight for
me to spend this summer filling the journal with different nature
activities her and I will do together. That is what the box is about
though, creating memories together. The kit encourages ways to play
together outdoors, keeping children off their devices while bonding
with grandma.
The activity box was put together using high quality, safe material.
The kit was put together perfectly, encouraging interactive outside
experiences. I would say that this may be a perfect gift for a
grandma for Mother's Day. Essentially, your giving her the gift of
memories. I love that thought.
Kate Jerome and Raoul Goff are co-founders of Little Bridges. They
strongly advocate introducing children to the value of nature at an
early age.
Kate is a veteran, publishing executive, award winning children's book
author and intergenerational product expert. She has designed science
programs for kids with publishers like Cengage and National
Geographic.
Raoul is a media entrepreneur, award winning product designer and avid
environmentalist. He is committed to developing a new generation of
environmental stewards.
Their first intergenerational activity kits were praised by New York
Magazine, US Weekly and Reader's Digest among many others.
You can PURCHASE via Little Bridges
How awesome!! The pandemic has also caused children to be in front of a screen more..so this is perfect! Kids need time outside and fresh air..and time with grandma!!
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