Individual and Family Activites
WINTER SEASON LEADERBOARD (January, February, March)
(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!
| Placement | Group Name | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Nature Nuts | 32 |
| 2 | The Walmsley Five | 18 |
| 3 | Crazyfornature | 11 |
| 4 | TheSuperNinjas | 8 |
| 5 | natureninja | 6 |
| 6 | O’Neill Family | 5 |
| 7 | Joyce | 2 |
| 8 | Myles Family | 2 |
| 9 | Tremblett Family | 2 |
| 10 | Laura and Adam | 1 |
| 11 | Mangal family | 1 |
Early Years (birth to 5 years)
Love of the Outdoors
Landmark 6 (Play in Nature a Full Hour)
We do this a lot. We try to play outside every day. These are some of the things we have done recently.
Skating- our dad and us made our first one ever in our backyard. It’s not very big but it is great for shooting a puck around and doing twirls. We like to skate in the dark. We also go to a pond by our house and skate now that it is frozen. It is nice because all the neighbours work together to clear off the snow. Walks- we have a dog and she likes to walk in our neighbourhood and on the trails. Tobogganing- so fun now that there is a bunch of snow. Snow angels- fun in new snow.
Snowball fights!
natureninja – Feb 27, 2021
Ice Art
Landmark 6 (Play in Nature a Full Hour)
We tried to made our own ice marbles overnight with balloons, water and food colouring. Our experiment didn’t work out to well but we are trying again next weekend. After our experiment fail we decided to take a Drive to Ennismore to checkout the amazing Ice sculptures that others have made. We had so much fun looking at all the ice art.
O’Neill Family – Feb 21, 2021
Ice Lanterns
Landmark 8 (Nature Art Weekly)
We decided to make Ice Lanterns since it was so cold outside. We used natural items we found outside like sticks, leaves, dried flowers. We also used orange slices. We put water in yogurt containers, added the natural items, and taped a smaller container so that when it froze there would be a spot for a candle. We left them outside overnight. They looked pretty when we lit them up. They were a birthday gift for our friend.
natureninja – Feb 13, 2021
Middle Years (6 to 9 years)
Magical Winter
Landmark 9 (Special Outdoor Place 2X/Month)
Our special place as a family is part of the Trent trails that you enter from behind the Environment Centre. There is a spot off the trail where these huge tall trees stand above a big flat spot. In the summer, it is dry and you can walk around under them. In the spring, it is filled with water. Winter is the most magical. If the right things happen with the weather, really smooth ice can form and it is the most amazing forest skating EVER! 2 of the pictures we are sending are from last year. It was the best ice in all the years we have been going there. The other 2 pictures are from this year, still neat, but not skate worthy. It’s a surprise as to what its going to be like each time we visit.
natureninja – Dec 31, 2020
SO MANY birds!
Landmark 12 (Nearby Plants and Animals)
When I was building a snow tunnel in my backyard after school I all of a sudden heard SO MANY birds. They had all flew together and landed in our big tree. I got my mom to take a video. They would fly between our tree and the neighbours, back and forth like a wave. Then all of a sudden they all just left!
natureninja – Feb 15, 2021
Hike in the Woods!
Landmark 13 (Travel a Familiar Route)
On this beautiful sunny Sunday we took a nice quite stroll in the woods at the Ganaraska forest! On our walk today we were very fortunate to spot a Red Headed Woodpecker.
Crazyfornature – Feb 21, 2021
Intermediate (10 to 13 years)
Skateboarding Skills
Landmark #17 (Three New Outdoor Skills)
These little Chickadees took advantage of this amazing November weather to learn a new skill. Skateboarding at the Lakefield Skate Park is a great place to learn!!
The Chickadees – Nov 6/20
Edible Food
Landmark #18 (Natural Area Booklet, Blog or Video)
We looked around the yard for plants that were edible according to the… book.
Then we made our own reference book with what we found.
Chickadees – August 31/20
Cattails
Landmark #17 (Three New Outdoor Skills)
My mom and I went to Barnardo Park with hand clippers and cut some cattails. I only cut down 3 of them that had cattails on them because the brown cattails are the most important part of the plant because it spreads the seeds for plants to grow next year. We brought the tall reeds home and with string I showed my mom how to tie them into a cattail mat. First Nation Peoples used to use this technique to make beds, baskets and clothes. I learned this at Camp Kawartha. I also fluffed the brown cattails and put it in a bag. We brought it camping and use it as a fire starter.
Nature Ninjas – Aug 25/20
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