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Fifteen Minutes Outside: 365 Ways to Get Out of the House & Connect with Your Kids – Book Review

With summer around the corner I’m always excited to spend more time outside. When the weather is warm and the sun is shining it’s a great excuse to get out and get some fresh air.

15 Minutes Outside Book Review

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I was excited to read the book 15 Minutes Outside: 365 Ways to Get Out of the House and Connect with Your Kids by Rebecca P. Cohen.  With two active young children in the house, I am always looking for ways to keep them busy. They both enjoy being outdoors, so this book seemed perfect for them.Over the years, I have read quite a few books on activities for children. Many of the ideas in the other books seemed to be the same ones repeated over and over.  I found this book to have new and unique ideas. There is one activity listed for each day of the month. There were plenty of gardening tips, such as how to build a planter box, and seed growing tips as well.

I found most of the activities to be simple and easy to accomplish. However, there were a couple of activities that just weren’t practical for my area, such as a sunrise breakfast outside in January. Even bundled up it would be too cold.

Some of my favorite activities include taking a sketchbook to the park and having the kids draw what they see, plan a monarch way station, play the game “what’s beautiful today?”, winter golf and race to spot the most critters.

Overall, I would recommend 15 Minutes Outside to anyone looking for different activities for their children and a new ideas to get out of the house.

 


Comments

  1. Thank you so much for this post! 15 minutes makes a big when connecting with the kids! Love these ideas!

  3. This book sounds great! Getting outside and being active is important!

  5. Sounds like a great book to read. Sometimes its hard to get the kids away from the screens and outside, especially in the cold winter months. New, interesting and fun ideas are hard to come by, this book sounds like a something everyone should read!

  6. Thanks for the great ideas. I watch my granddaughter every week and I try to get her outside when the weather is nice so do something to unplug and be a bit active.

  7. Oh that looks like a fun book! We are always looking for new things to do and play outside that are different. The winter golf would be fun!

  8. I really like the taking a sketchbook to the park idea! Sounds like a book with a lot of good ideas.

  9. This sounds like a very good book that I would love to read. It is always good to turn off the TV and go outside and exercise and do other activities! I do a lot of fun stuff with my kids all the time.

  10. This sounds like a great book. I love playing outside with the grandkids!