Toddler Activities: Redwoods, The Super Trees
September 16th 2009 by Dr.MOZ in Tech and Web, Toddler Activities
Who needs sponges with square pants when you have banana slugs and trees as tall as skyscrapers? National Geographic’s October issue features the world’s tallest trees of Northern California and is accompanied by a cool collection of kid-friendly, interactive activities. You don’t need the latest issue to learn about this amazing place, just pull up a
seat and enjoy the ride:
- Redwoods, The Super Trees Photo Gallery: This amazing photo gallery follows Michael Nichols on his journey through the Pacific coast where he meets black bears, owls, banana slugs, and the largest trees in the world.
- Redwoods Giant Jigsaw Puzzle: Play the 300-piece puzzle of a 300 foot redwood tree. Finish fast enough and you’ll be posted on National Geographic’s leader board.
- Redwoods Interactive: Learn about the forest hundreds of feet in the air where salamanders, chipmunks, and birds all call home.
Let me know if your family enjoyed today’s interactive toddler activity and I’ll be sure to include more in the future!
Have fun and stay healthy,
Dr.MOZ
September 18th, 2009 at 12:05 am
I love adventures and I think watching the scenery propels me to have some adventures of my own also.
September 18th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
The adventures sometimes get kind of risky for us, that’s why we must choose properly what we want. I better spend my time knowing the nature.
September 18th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Hey aasweet, I’m not sure what that means…but I’m all for it! By the way, if you accidentally include a keywords instead of a name (yours was changed to a portion of your email address to meet Dr.MOZ’s Terms and Conditions) I’ll assume it’s a commercial/SEO post and it will go in the recycle bin. Just a reminder.
~ Dr.MOZ
September 18th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
wow .. it was a big tree once
September 18th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Hi Abu! You’ll be happy to know that the people clinging to the huge redwood in the image are National Geographic photographers (not lumberjacks), so the tree is still there and is as big as ever.
~ Dr.MOZ
September 19th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Hi Dr. MOZ – I have a one year old and I live in Seattle and I have been debating on whether to start pointing out slugs to him! We have a lot of them around here and yes – they are fascinating – but they’re gross enough and prevelent enough that I don’t want him to get too carried away looking for them.
One is such a fun age – EVERYTHING is new and an adventure. His current obsession has been the blackberry bushes and he is learning to recognize them along the paths we usually walk near home. The danger is that he’s kind of generalizing to look for (and try to eat) other kinds of berries – so I have to keep an eye on him!
Emily
September 23rd, 2009 at 10:39 am
i want to be there, the scenery is awesome, wonderful
September 23rd, 2009 at 10:58 am
These would make great preview books for kids. Children could get introductions to our Redwood forests prior to visiting them. Upon their return home from visiting nature they can relive their experience with these beautiful books. These look to have some gorgeous photos and great information.
September 24th, 2009 at 7:41 am
Great ideas. I think teaching a kid while they are having fun is a perfect balance. It’s all about learning.
September 24th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Those trees look amazing, I would enjoy learning about them myself let alone my two boys!!
I teach my boys as much as I can about nature and stuff like this as a way to encourage them not to want to get into TV and video games. We watched David Atinborough’s nature series recently and it was great.
Thanks
October 2nd, 2009 at 6:42 pm
This sounds like an amazing opportunity for kids to get a preview of these majestic specimens of nature!