How many did you grow up doing?<\/p>\n
More than four in five adults say their children spend less time playing outside than they did at their age, according to research by the UK’s National Trust. So, in an effort to entice youngsters away from their TV screens, the charity asked children to name their favourite outdoor activities. <\/p>\n
The initiative followed a study that found if children do not form a connection with the great outdoors before they are 12, they are far less likely to later in life.<\/p>\n
ADVENTURER<\/p>\n
1. Climb a tree
\n2. Roll down a really big hill
\n3. Camp out in the wild
\n4. Build a den
\n5. Skim a stone
\n6. Run around in the rain
\n7. Fly a kite
\n8. Catch a fish with a net
\n9. Eat an apple straight from a tree
\n10. Play conkers (a game played using the seeds of horse-chestnut trees)<\/p>\n
DISCOVERER<\/p>\n
11. Go on a really long bike ride
\n12. Make a trail with sticks
\n13. Make a mud pie
\n14. Dam a stream
\n15. Play in the snow
\n16. Make a daisy chain
\n17. Set up a snail race
\n18. Create some wild art
\n19. Play Pooh sticks (A game played in Winnie the Pooh, where you drop a stick off the upstream side of a bridge to see whose comes out first downstream)
\n20. Jump over waves<\/p>\n
RANGER<\/p>\n
21. Pick blackberries growing in the wild
\n22. Explore inside a tree
\n23. Visit a farm
\n24. Go on a walk barefoot
\n25. Make a grass trumpet
\n26. Hunt for fossils and bones
\n27. Go star gazing
\n28. Climb a huge hill
\n29. Explore a cave
\n30. Hold a scary beast<\/p>\n
TRACKER<\/p>\n
31. Hunt for bugs
\n32. Find some frogspawn
\n33. Catch a falling leaf
\n34. Track wild animals
\n35. Discover what\u2019s in a pond
\n36. Make a home for a wild animal
\n37. Check out the crazy creatures in a rock pool
\n38. Bring up a butterfly
\n39. Catch a crab
\n40. Go on a nature walk at night<\/p>\n
EXPLORER<\/p>\n
41. Plant it, grow it, eat it
\n42. Go swimming in the sea
\n43. Build a raft
\n44. Go bird watching
\n45. Find your way with a map and compass
\n46. Try rock climbing
\n47. Cook on a campfire
\n48. Learn to ride a horse
\n49. Find a geocache
\n50. Canoe down a river<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
How many did you grow up doing? More than four in five adults say their children spend less time playing outside than they did at their age, according to research by the UK’s National Trust. So, in an effort to entice youngsters away from their TV screens, the charity asked children to name their favourite…<\/p>\n