Greta Eskridge
Autor de Adventuring Together: How to Create Connections and Make Lasting Memories with Your Kids
Sobre El Autor
Greta Eskridge is a second-generation homeschooling mom of four. Greta loves helping parents and kids create connection in a disconnected world on her social media platforms, at speaking engagements around the country, and with her first book, Adventuring Together: How to Create Connections and mostrar más Make Lasting Memories with Your Kids. Greta and her husband, Aaron, have been married for over twenty years and make their home in southern California. mostrar menos
Obras de Greta Eskridge
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Eskridge, Greta Regina
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1976
- Género
- female
- País (para mapa)
- USA
- Lugares de residencia
- California, USA
Miembros
Reseñas
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 2
- Miembros
- 135
- Popularidad
- #150,831
- Valoración
- 4.7
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 6
This book holds one hundred activities, which have been broken down into four seasons. There is also a table of contents at the beginning, making easier to locate certain ones. The entire thing starts with a note to the parents and a big, full-cover photo of the author and her family, which sets the tone very well. This family doesn't sit at home, but travels into the great outdoors, visits various sites, explores nature and relishes in camping, hiking and such. The book does follow this flow.
The illustrations are inviting and make each activity fun to discover. There are accompanying photos in many to help the reader actually see different sites, understand the directions, or simply get into the atmosphere of the activity. The activity is numbered at the top and given a title. Then, there's a short personal explanation from the author, introducing the activity as well as bringing in tidbits from her own experiences. The activity is then laid out in detail with steps to follow, items to gather, or even extra hints. These are all well written, easy to understand, and no problem to follow for the intended age group.
Many of the activities are simple to do and don't require many items or anything difficult. Others, however, encourage activities such as camping, hiking, kayaking, or exploring National Parks/sites. So, not all of these are for everyone, and I wouldn't necessarily recommend this one for less travel friendly families. But even then, there are enough suggestions which work for others as well. If nothing else, it does inspire and radiate the love for nature and being outdoors.
It's also clear that this comes from a homeschooling family, since there several ideas which flow in that direction: journals, poetry, and such. So, this does work well for anyone intending to use it as inspiration in that direction. It also holds ideas for camps or group activities. This book is fun to pick up, flip through, and find something to do any time of year, and does hold a wide variety of ideas.
I received an ARC and thought this was well done with the intended audience in mind.… (más)