{"id":1834,"date":"2015-04-03T00:21:26","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T00:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vas\/?p=14"},"modified":"2015-01-08T00:04:04","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T00:04:04","slug":"explore-the-outdoors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vas\/2015\/04\/03\/explore-the-outdoors\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore the outdoors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;padding-bottom: 8px;background-color: #ffffff;text-indent: 0px;margin: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;font: 12px\/1.7 Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;letter-spacing: normal;color: #333333;padding-top: 8px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;border-style: none;padding: 5px\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/08\/bug-on-hand-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"bug on hand\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888\">Photo by D Sharon Pruitt<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding-bottom: 8px;background-color: #ffffff;text-indent: 0px;margin: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;font: 12px\/1.7 Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;letter-spacing: normal;color: #333333;padding-top: 8px\">It is great to see the world through the eyes of children.\u00a0 There are simple things in day to day life that can be a thrill for young children.\u00a0 Below are a few ideas to get you started thinking.\u00a0 Try to take time for them to marvel at the world and see new things.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;padding-bottom: 5px;background-color: #ffffff;text-indent: 0px;margin: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;font: 12px Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;letter-spacing: normal;color: #333333;padding-top: 5px\">\n<li>A car wash (the drive through kind or a bucket and a water hose in the driveway at home)<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>Parking on the street near a construction site to watch the big trucks<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>Feeding ducks bread at the park<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>Collecting leaves, pinecones and rocks<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>Driving across a bridge where they can see the water<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>Driving past a place where you can see animals<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>Any place that has something out of the ordinary, like a fountain or sculpture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get outside and explore nature!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[27,28,188,279,312,329,444],"class_list":["post-1834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kids","tag-au-pair","tag-au-pair-in-america","tag-fredericksburg","tag-live-in-childcare","tag-nature","tag-outdoors","tag-stafford"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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