Tuesday, April 24, 2012

50 Things Your Child Should Do Before 12

Loyal readers of this blog will by now be familiar with our 50 Things to do in BC Before You Die challenge; those of you not familiar with the list can view it and our progress here. So with that in mind you can imagine my excitement when I came across this Globe and Mail article today highlighting 50 things your child should do before they are 12.

After discussing it at great length with Cohen and Kyah we decided we should embark on trying to complete this list too. Much like the "before you die" list, we have already completed a bunch of the tasks on this new list but in the spirit of fun we are going to start from scratch. Also, like the "before you die" list I will create a blog post as we complete the tasks and cross them off the list and link the list to the appropriate blog post. As you are all so anxious to see it here is the list that we look forward to finishing...





1. Climb a tree
2. Roll down a really big hill
3. Camp out in the wild
4. Build a den
5. Skim a stone
6. Run around in the rain
7. Fly a kite
8. Catch a fish with a net
9. Eat an apple straight from a tree
10. Play conkers
11. Throw some snow
12. Hunt for treasure on the beach
13. Make a mud pie
14. Dam a stream
15. Go sledging
16. Bury someone in the sand
17. Set up a snail race
18. Balance on a fallen tree
19. Swing on a rope swing
20. Make a mud slide
21. Eat blackberries growing in the wild
22. Take a look inside a tree
23. Visit an island
24. Feel like you’re flying in the wind
25. Make a grass trumpet
26. Hunt for fossils and bones
27. Watch the sun wake up
28. Climb a huge hill
29. Get behind a waterfall
30. Feed a bird from your hand
31. Hunt for bugs
32. Find some frogspawn
33. Catch a butterfly in a net
34. Track wild animals
35. Discover what’s in a pond
36. Call an owl
38. Bring up a butterfly
39. Catch a crab
40. Go on a nature walk at night
41. Plant it, grow it, eat it
42. Go wild swimming
43. Go rafting
44. Light a fire without matches
45. Find your way with a map and a compass
46. Try bouldering
47. Cook on a campfire
48. Try abseiling
50. Canoe down a river

1 comment:

  1. Love it! I'm absolutely sure that Cohen and Kyah will get through this list with no problems - they've already done a lot of them already.

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