Things to Do Outside School

[Unschooling]

“When you’re curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.” ~ Walt Disney

That moment you realize you can do anything and everything you want to do outside of school!

Free Play - This NEVER happens at school.

Playing
Especially in nature with sticks, rocks, rock balancing, stone skipping, magnifying glass. Mud play: make mud pies and roll in the mud like pigs on a hot sunny day, mud fights. Roleplaying. Playgrounds at the local park are always fun. Also check out indoor playgrounds. Play Flag Football, Basketball, Soccer, Tennis, Golf, Volleyball, Wiffleball, Dodgeball, Kickball, Tetherball

Untoys

“Instead of buying your children all the things you never had, you should teach them all the things you were never taught. Material wears out but knowledge stays.” ~ Bruce Lee “Children in the 21st (century) have been transformed from net producers of their own toy and play culture, to net consumers of play culture imposed by adults.” ~ David Elkind “Give children toys that are powered by their imagination, not by batteries.” ~ H. Jackson Brown “Kids don’t need more toys - they need mo…

Nature Play

“Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, water bugs, tadpoles, frogs, mud turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees to climb. Brooks to wade, water lilies, woodchucks, bats, bees, butterflies, various animals to pet, hayfields, pine-cones, rocks to roll, sand, snakes, huckleberries and hornets; and any child who has been deprived of these has been deprived of the best part of education.” ~ Luther Burbank “Childhood is that state which ends the moment a puddl…

How to Raise a Wild Child

“In short, the disconnect between kids and nature is one of the most pressing and overlooked crises of our time.” “NEW = Notice, Engage, Wonder” “There are two key ingredients to helping kids fall in love with nature. The first of these is abundant time spent in wild or semi-wild places. The second key ingredient is at least one grown up to share in the experience.” “The best way to get kids outside is to take them there.” “We need to bring the screen time and the green time back into balanc…

10 Ways to Raise a Wild Child

“10 ways to raise a wild child. Not everyone wants to raise wild, free thinking children. But for those of you who do, here’s my tips: Create safe space for them to be outside for a least an hour a day. Preferable barefoot & muddy. Provide them with toys made of natural materials. Silks, wood, wool, etc…Toys that encourage them to use their imagination. If you’re looking for ideas, Google: ‘Waldorf Toys’. Avoid noisy plastic toys. Yea, maybe they’ll learn their alphabet from the talking to…

Travel
Locally, Nationally, and Internationally. Explore New Horizons! Go to the Beach, Lake, River!

“Travel is not reward for working, it’s education for living.” ~ Anthony Bourdain

“The best education you will ever get is traveling. Nothing teaches you more than exploring the world and accumulating experiences.” ~ Mark Patterson

“The best education I have ever received was through travel.” ~ Lisa Ling

“Travel is like an endless university. You never stop learning.” ~ Harvey Lloyd

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” ~ Augustine of Hippo

“We are all of us, to some degree or another, brainwashed by the society we live in. We are able to see this when we travel to another country, and are able to catch a glimpse of our own country with foreign eyes… the best we can hope for is that a kindly friend from another culture will enable us to look at our culture with dispassionate eyes.” ~ Doris Lessing, Prisons We Choose to Live Inside

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” ~ Mark Twain, [The Innocents Abroad / Roughing It]

Food
Farmers markets, natural grocery stores, unique restaurants, make homemade food such as popsicles. Cooking with your kids is great. Have a Picnic.

The Most Brilliant Heist In History

“The first problem of a drastic reduction of the land-using population is to keep the land producing in the absence of the people.” “Land that is in use, if the use is to continue, must be used with care and care is not and can never be an industrial product or an industrial result.” “There is in fact no significant difference between the mass destruction of warfare and massive destruction of industrial land abuse.” ~ Wendell Berry [The Most Brilliant Heist In History | Wendell Berry] …

What Can We Create Instead of Consuming?

Most people merely consume their way through life, their lives are all-consuming where almost every aspect of their lives is someone else’s creation. It’s no surprise why we do this, as we often spend the first quarter of our lives, our most important years of learning, consuming other peoples creations instead of creating the life we want. Are you creating the life you want or consuming the life you have? Get In To The Habit Of Asking Yourself: “Does This Support The Life I’m Trying To Create?…

School Food is Junk Food

One of the absolute worst aspects of school is the “free” food. Schools not only control what children eat, but also when they eat. Children aren’t allowed to eat when they are hungry, they have to eat when they are told. It’s all fake processed GMO’s loaded with toxic chemicals, designed to keep kids sick and dumbed down. School food is junk food. The artificial food corporations in cahoots with Department of Education don’t care at all about children’s health. These corporations are getting ri…

Top 10 Reasons Kids Are Failing

“Children Are More Depressed Today Than They Were During The Great Depression!” ~ Peter Gray As parents, we have to step up for our kids, as no one else will, the system that enslaves them was designed to fail them in every way. We have had many rights movements, now it is time for the Children’s Rights movement! Children are the easiest age group to control, it’s time we set them free! It seems human civilization has always been about a small minority of powerful people controlling the large …

Farms
Tour farms, checkout events happening at farms in your area, do a upick where you can visit a farm and pick your own fruit or vegetables, especially popular with berries, apples, and flowers which you can use in a flower press.

Water
Swimming, jumping, and fun water games. Even running thru the sprinklers. Swimming holes. Water sports such as wake boarding and tubing, and scuba diving. fishing. water balloon fights, water gun fights, water balloon toss, water slides and water parks. Dance in the rain, snow angels in the snow. White water rafting. check out waterfalls. Canoeing, kayaking, standup paddle boarding. Hot springs.

Gardening

Foraging
Go foraging for food including wild edibles to learn about mother nature. Bring a foraging book or go with a forager guide to help identify plants on your wild harvesting adventures.

Animals
Spend time with animals such as at a zoo, wildlife park, dog park, horse park, horseback riding, ASPCA, petting zoo. Birdwatching: setup bird feeders and bird baths to watch and listen to the birds. Raising animals.

Museums

Historical sites

Tours
Tour businesses, oftentimes businesses will offer tours, especially manufacturers

Skating
Rollerskating, Skateboarding, Iceskating. Visit the Skate Park

Bubbles
Chasing and blowing bubbles is so much fun

Biking

Climbing
Rock Climbing, Tree Climbing, Climbing Gyms

Exercising
Walking, Hiking, Stretching, Balancing, Cartwheels, Jumping Jacks

Gymnastics

Karate

Camping
Explore Nature, Enjoy a Campfire, Swing in a Hammock

Jumping
Jumping on Rebounders or on trampolines, trampoline parks, bounce houses, jump ropes, double dutch game

Start a Business
Lemonade stand, farm stand, garage or yard sale, lawn mowing business, car wash, sell your arts and/or crafts locally or online

Volunteer
There’s always someone in need that could use your help including animals

Building
Build with legos or wooden blocks with letters, numbers, and colors. Build Forts and Sandcastles.

Real Life Shows
Go see a magic show and/or be a magician, go see a puppet show or do your own, go see a circus show, lots of traveling circuses. Comedy shows, kids plays

Roughhousing
Pillow Fights, Play Fighting, Wrestling

Photography

Experimenting
Science Experiments, Lock Picking

Reading
Reading Books, Signs, Comics, Flashcards, Instructions, Storytime

People Watching

Courses
Obstacle courses, ropes courses, adventure courses, ziplines, slacklines

Arts & Crafts
Painting: Paint rocks or gourds, Face Painting, Splatter Paint.
Body Art, Sidewalk Chalk, Pottery, Artwork, Make a Mess
Nature Art: Press Flowers
Crafts: Rope Making, Knot Tying, Make your own Playdough. Try your hand needlework such as Sewing, Knitting, or Crocheting. Origami; Paper Airplanes are always a blast
Candle making with old crayons

Music
Write, Sing, and Play Music. Learn to Play a New Instrument. Attend an Outdoor Concert. Drumming Circle

Dancing
Dance party, Contradancing, Breakdancing

Dress up
Dress up in your favorite costumes

Hunting
Geocaching, Nature Scavenger Hunt, Treasure Hunt, Bug Hunt

Games
Hopscotch, Hide and Seek, Game Trucks (at home), Marbles, Arcades, Miniature Golf, Laser Tag, Capture the Flag, Kick the Can, Leap Frog, Four Square, Jacks, Frisbee, Disc Golf, Red Light Green Light, Potato Sack Race, Tug-of-War, Follow the Leader, Red Rover, Steal the Bacon, Simon Says, Tag, Musical Chairs, Ladder Toss, Ring Toss, Cornhole, Bocce Ball, Pickup Sticks, Pie Face, Mysteries, Chess, Scrabble, Catan, Monopoly, Board Games, Video Games, Card Games, Cashflow

Collecting
Start a collection of something you are curious about such as pet rocks or seashells, cards, etc… Learn about and collect Crystals and Crystal Energy. Make Crystal Jewelry.

Dirt Bikes & GoKarts

Bowling

Escape Rooms

Theme Parks

Flying Kites