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Starting Children out in the Great Outdoors
Home » Adventure Travel » Children and Camping » Starting Children out in the Great OutdoorsPosted by Your Guide on October 11, 2006 5:29 AM
Telling your kid to grab his sleeping bag and jump in the mini-van might not be the best way to acquaint your child with their first campout. Because many groups are now taking children into the woods to camp for different events, it may be a good idea to start little "camping" with your kids before heading out on a weeklong trip. The best area to do this is in your own back yard. While there are tons of sitcoms and cartoons that make fun of this activity, this can be a great idea to help your kids get accustomed to being out there. Sent up the tent in a shaded area and play outside all day. Make sure they have their sleeping stuff out there so that when its time to go to bed, that there are no rushing into the house.
Also, even though your nice warm bed is inside, stay outside with your kids and don't cave in to their asking or your own temptation to move the camping trip inside. But you probably don't want to push too hard either. If they are genuinely scared to stay out there then you can go inside. This is just a trial to see how your children do when they go on a camping trip. You can spice this camping test up as much as you want with possibly making a little fire in your backyard or trying out other ideas you may have.
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