Individual and Family Activites
FALL SEASON LEADERBOARD (October, September, November)
(this board resets to zero at the start of each season)
Who’s in the lead this season? Build up your Pathway Points by reporting your Landmark activities!
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Early Years (birth to 5 years)
Incredible Animal Critters
Landmark 2 (Animal Friends Monthly)
The Pacific Ocean had some incredible animal critters to observe. We were treated to some lovely tide pools on one of our family hikes where we spent quite some time in awe of all of the living creatures underwater. We did lots of observing and watching how they moved, and what they looked like and we came away amazed at the intricacy of each creature.
We saw sea urchins – we loved how spikey they were!
We saw hermit crabs – we loved how fast they moved!
We saw a starfish (not pictured) – we loved how vibrant in color it was!
We saw barnacles and clams – we were blown away by the quantity!
Friesen – July 8, 2022
Milkweed Monarchs
Landmark 1 (Explore Together Weekly)
Adventure 8 – We looked for milkweed while on a hike in the Trent Nature Area. We found a lot on the northeast side but alas no eggs, caterpillars or monarchs around. Norrie wasn’t interested in making a map but he enjoyed looking at the trail map at the start of the hike. We also enjoyed watching the videos about monarchs together. Thanks for inspiring another adventure!
Endicott Family – September 5, 2022
Fantastic Fort
Landmark 1 (Explore Together Weekly)
Norrie has built and rebuilt this fort many times in the backyard. Lately, he added the straw left over from the garlic patch to make it more comfortable. It’s made of branches and fencing that has fallen down as a result of all the storms!
Endicott Family – September 4, 2022
Middle Years (6 to 9 years)
Picture Perfect
Landmark 8 (Nature Art Weekly)
Ethan and his mom went around the garden collecting plants for Adventure 4: World of Colour. He was careful not to take too much from each plant. He learned about the different names and then worked together to make an art piece of his family in the backyard.
Jackson Family – September 5, 2022
Planets, Stars and Satellites
Landmark 9 (Special Outdoor Place 2X/Month)
We were able to back-country camp in Kawartha highlands from Saturday- Wednesday with family and friends. We let the kids stay up later and watch the planets, stars and satellites. The kids were able to find Mars as it is a red planet and they also identified a few other stars. It was also very interesting to see Star Link. We had a great discussion about meteors, meteorites, and shooting stars. Headlamps were used to create shadows on the rocks and to tell spooky stories around the campfire.
The Nancekivell Clan – August 27, 2022
Hearts and Monarchs
Landmark 15 (Garden, birdfeeder, insects etc.)
We searched our yard to find the milkweed plants that we had previously found monarchs on. There were no eggs or caterpillars this year. But we did see some other butterflies on our flowers. Monarchs have a special place in our hearts. A few years ago we brought in some eggs and hatched out the caterpillars and continued to feed them fresh milkweed until they crawled up their enclosures and created their chrysalis. We were heading to my grandmothers funeral and that morning the Monarch who we had affectionately named GG (great grandma) hatched out of her chrysalis, by the time the funeral was about to take place she was ready to fly so we let her go near my grandmothers gravesite. GG monarch landed on a nearby rose as if to say thank you and then she flew off and lingered in a tree watching us all for awhile and then flew away. Such amazing creatures.
The Nancekivell Clan – August 30, 2022
Intermediate (10 to 13 years)
Shaggy Inkcaps
Landmark 22 (Citizen Science)
One of my favourite things to do with my group here is citizen science! Citizen Science allows us to connect to our world in a productive way. Learning the names and properties of the wild beings that share our home teaches us to appreciate their beauty and their importance. This morning we began “The Great Mushroom Hunt”, which is an effort to create a map of the mushrooms and fungi of North America. How exciting! We first stopped to sketch “Shaggy Inkcaps”, of various sizes. We also found what we think is an entoloma. What I love about this task, which we will carry on for the entirety of the international event, is that we will be learning about our findings together! I know only a small bit about mushrooms, and am looking forward to discovering more with the friends.
Babbling Brook Daycare – September 19, 2022
Nature Walk
Landmark 17 (Three New Outdoor Skills)
For Quest 4 we found all sorts of colours on our nature walk. Sydney cut some of our flowers and made an awesome arrangement and then she taught Leif how to sew using leaves. We were able to get out camping at Rondeau Provincial Park and certainly enjoyed the contrast in colours of the water, beach and sand/rocks.
The Nancekivell Clan – August 8, 2022
Milkweed and Monarchs
Landmark 19 (Explore Biodiversity)
Adventure #8: We looked at pictures of milkweed and discovered several monarch butterflies flying around milkweed plants. The kids talked about the symmetry they saw on the wings and made up stories about what the butterflies would see on their migration journey to Mexico. When we got home, they researched monarchs on Pebble Go and were excited to learn more about the role milkweed plays in the lives of monarchs.
Hipgrave Family – August 30, 2022
Senior (14 to 17 years)
Helping the Earth
Landmark 26 (Volunteer in Three Ways)
After a windy week, a lot of garbage has been noticed blowing around town, so the girls decided to use their break to clean it up!! Safety first of course, as they found these extended arms at the Friendly Dollar Store in Lakefield, to use. Don’t want to actually touch any of the garbage!
The Chickadees – Nov 20, 2020
True Wilderness
Landmark #27 (Wilderness Trip)
Quetico is a true wilderness park – campsites and portages are not marked, the lakes are big, and the portages can be rough.
I’d wanted to paddle Quetico for years, but always figured it was too far to drive. But we all decided it WAS worth the drive … and the drive itself was fantastically scenic for the most part..
The Douglas Family – Aug 17/20
Down the rapids
Landmark #27 (Wilderness Trip)
Our family spent a glorious 8 days canoeing through Quetico Provincial Park. Such a great way to recharge the batteries, and we went DAYS without thinking or talking about COVID. Just us, together, with our two canoes, tents, food great sense of adventure.
The Douglas Family – Aug 16/20