Tips for Hiking with Kids

Tips for hiking with kids 🥾⁠ A healthy connection with nature boasts many social-emotional and physical health benefits and hiking is an easy way to get into nature. ⁠ ⁠ Here are tips to make hiking more fun with kids:⁠ ▪️ Get them involved with choosing the hike and hype it up⁠ ▪️ Go at their pace ⁠ ▪️ Give them "Jobs" like leader, navigator, snack carrier⁠ ▪️ Speaking of snacks, bring a lot plus ample water⁠ ▪️ Use a navigation app to track how far they have gone and see where they are going⁠ ▪️ Have an end of hike reward (ice cream is a favorite of ours)⁠ ▪️ Bring a journal on the hike to write/draw the things seen and experienced⁠ ⁠ We joined the 52 hike challenge this year and are 1 hike in so far with plans of hiking this weekend. ⁠ ⁠ ❓ What additional tips do you have to make hiking more fun with kids? Want to join us in the 52 hikes challenge❓⁠ ⁠ ⁠ 🌄 follow us @exploringoutsidethe303 ⁠