How to Play in the Woods

Activities, Survival Skills, and Games for All Ages

Published by Gibbs Smith
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
LIST PRICE $21.99

About The Book

Learn essential outdoor skills for all ages with this comprehensive guide to nature adventures—perfect for scouts, youth groups, campers, and outdoor enthusiasts needing survival skills for back-to-nature experiences.

Learn how to make rope from plant materials, navigate using the sun and/or moon, build shelters, and start a fire. There are activities for teaching about safe knife handling, gathering and preparing wild foods, cooking on a spit, and plant medicines. And, for more fun and entertainment, there are instructions for making instruments, natural jewelry, clay containers, baskets, and even buckskin clothing.

This book encourages and motivates readers to be interactive with nature, to be free from prescribed schedules, and to just play and enjoy outdoors while relearning the wisdom and ways of our ancestors.

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Product Details

  • Publisher: Gibbs Smith (April 26, 2016)
  • Length: 304 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781423641537
  • Grades: 6 and up
  • Ages: 12 - 99

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I loved that it taught me to make stuff from nature. Like a spear from a rock and a stick, rope, fabric dye, and salve. And a rain stick! I want to do that next.

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