Most people connect idea of treasure hunting with pirates or with fairytales. But it can be a wonderful playtime for children and for parents, willingly to spend time together in a garden or a park. They might try to find unusual things, an unknown objects or run, hide, creep...
That kind of outside game is very useful for children because they learn how fun it is to play outside and spend an active outdoor. It might also inprove language and basic maths development and evolve social skills. Games like this – adults hide a few things in the garden and give a list of them to a group of children – they should find, named and count all objects. It will take about an hour and will be very funny.
What do we do with children who spend a lot of time playing on computer games and watching television? Should we worry about such activities, or should we simply leave them to get on with it? In this article we take a look at encouraging kids to move away from such pursuits and to spend more time being active.