Teaching Nature to your Children

Tonight we were blessed to have Jenny Vandlen as our speaker. She talked to us about teaching our children about nature. She told us it's important to bring our children outside to get them away from tv, internet and video games and into God's beautiful nature. While we are out with them, it's an incredible time to talk to your children about Creation and dissolve some myths about creation vs. evolution.

She encouraged us to get excited about spending time outdoors with our children, learning together about the trees, animals and wildflowers. She gave us some fun ideas for hikes we can do with our children like an ABC Hike where we find objects that start with the letters of the alphabet, or an Onion Hike where you rub an onion along a trail and the child has to find the way using their nose!

She gave us several ideas for fun outdoor activities to do with our children like making a plaster mold of an animal track or playing a game of symphony where everyone is quiet and they need to count how many sounds they hear.

She even gave us activities to do on COLD days!! My favorite being "Freeze a Bubble"--when the weather is below 32 degrees, blow a bubble and catch it with your wand. Wait and watch as it freezes. It will turn into a crystal ball and then shatter like glass.

What a great reminder for us to take time with our children outdoors and explore the glorious world God gave us.


O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder,Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made;I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,Thy power throughout the universe displayed.

Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,How great Thou art, How great Thou art.Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,How great Thou art, How great Thou art!

When through the woods, and forest glades I wander,And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees.When I look down, from lofty mountain grandeurAnd see the brook, and feel the gentle breeze.

Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,How great Thou art, How great Thou art.Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,How great Thou art, How great Thou art