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RECORDED: AJ’s talk onTravelogue: “Traveling & Trekking with a Toddler.”Streamed live 17 February 2022: 1900-21:00 PST from the Bellingham Old City Hall
Backstory on the talk:
* building a since of place, life and wilderness skills, and cognitive skill development
* Kroll 1940’s Map “Evergreen Playground”
“Mountain Rules” - one for every year since birth
* Lookout Mountain (to waterfall vista)Always listen to Dada
* Never Goof Around
* Always Pay Attention
* Be Careful
* Only ever go as far, as you know you can get back
Find an extrinsic motivation; to help instill an intrinsic motivation (flag and snacks)
Locations
Flora and Fauna:
Urban hiking:
* Interurban trail/Northridge Park
* Semiahmoo (and incorporate Geocaching)
Beginner forest trail hikes:
* Lookout Mountain (to waterfall vista)
101 Kit for your sub-5 year-old
* Backpack (REI Tarn 18)
* Trekking Poles
* Water
* Snacks
* Compass
* Camera
* Map/GPS
* Watch (you and them)
Digital Kit
https://bit.ly/toddlertrektech has links to all below
* Seek
* Merlin (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
* Relive
* Garmin Explore
* Geocache
* maps.me
Quality Assurance:
AJ:
* Welcome to Earth (with Will Smith)- see an actor learn from explorers what skills are needed to become an explorer
Chris:
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