Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt

With winter approaching quickly, bundle up and get outside to enjoy this beautiful, chilly weather! A neighborhood scavenger hunt is the perfect family activity.

Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt List

something fuzzy

something soft

something prickly

something straight

something round

something you can recycle

4 pieces of litter

5 different types of leaves

 something crunchy to step on

something colorful

something with sharp edges

Use this list to work together with your child to find these items as you take a walk around your neighborhood. Make sure to take a bag so you can collect all of the interesting things that you find.

How can you make sure this is RDI? Add in some changes and variations! Could you add in something interesting that you find along the way that is not on your list or go out of order in finding the items on your list? These small changes will keep your child thinking. Remember, make sure that your child feels valuable during the activity and that they are doing just as much as you are to contribute.

If this list is a little tricky for your child, feel free to alter the list to your child's abilities. Make sure to make it so they will be successful, but not too easy that it takes away the challenge and thinking.

Enjoy!

leaf collecting

Have the leaves changed colors yet in your neighborhood? It is the perfect opportunity to go out for a walk with your child! Take a bag with you and turn it into RDI time as you collect items together along your walk.


How can you make a simple walk around the neighborhood into productive RDI time?

- Collect all sorts of different leaves - different colors, shapes, and sizes, talking about each of them as you find them. Make sure that you find some and your child finds some so you are both contributing to the game. Also, point out interesting things and interesting people that you see to your child.

- Gather leaves for a project - After you have gathered your different leaves and returned home from your walk, make an art project with them using colored paper, glue, tape, markers, paint, or any other fun art supplies! This is a perfect activity to do together with your child!