50 Things You Should Do Before you are 11 3/4!

The National Trust~ a charity in Great Britain~"that works to preserve and protect historic places and spaces - for ever~ for everyone"~ has come up with a great list to get kids up and moving. Called the "50 Things You Should Do Before You Are 11 3/4" was developed because a report found that less than one in ten kids PLAY outside compared to kids 25 years ago. The study also found that 1/3 of ki...ds today have never climbed a tree~and one in ten kids don't know how to ride a bike! How many can you say you've done thus far? Sounds like a list that kids(some with suggested adult supervision)and adults all over the world might find of interest. Here's the list:

# Climb a tree
# Roll down a really big hill
# Camp out in the wild
# Build a den
# Skim a stone
# Run around in the rain
# Fly a kite
# Catch a fish with a net
# Eat an apple straight from a tree
# Play conkers
# Throw some snow
# Hunt for treasure on the beach
# Make a mud pie
# Dam a stream
# Go sledging
# Bury someone in the sand
# Set up a snail race
# Balance on a fallen tree
# Swing on a rope swing
# Make a mud slide
# Eat blackberries growing in the wild
# Take a look inside a tree
# Visit an island
# Feel like you're flying in the wind
# Make a grass trumpet
# Hunt for fossils and bones
# Watch the sun wake up
# Climb a huge hill
# Get behind a waterfall
# Feed a bird from your hand
# Hunt for bugs
# Find some frogspawn
# Catch a butterfly in a net
# Track wild animals
# Discover what's in a pond
# Call an owl
# Check out the crazy creatures in a rock pool
# Bring up a butterfly
# Catch a crab
# Go on a nature walk at night
# Plant it~ grow it~ eat it
# Go wild swimming
# Go rafting
# Light a fire without matches
# Find your way with a map and compass
# Try bouldering
# Cook on a campfire
# Try abseiling
# Find a geocache
# Canoe down a river
NOTES: Abseiling is "rappelling"~ descending down a rock face using a rope. Geocaching is treasure hunting using GPS to hide and find containers. Bouldering is rock climbing without a rope. Conkers is a game played using horse-chestnut seeds. Players thread a conker with a piece of string and take turns hitting the other player's conker until one cracks open.