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“This blog is dedicated tosharing inormation, tips andinspiration on how to engagechildren with nature, outdoors, oodand ood sources and healthy living.No preaching here, we promise.Just suggestions on un things to dowith kids. You’ll fnd posts rom me,riends, colleagues andoccasionally my children.”
Caro, blogger Caro & Co.
Family nature Blog
Quick Start Guide
Welcome! I you and your amily are having adventures in nature weinvite you to share them and add your voice to the growing worldwidemovement to connect children and nature. The purpose o this guide isto provide inspiration, inormation, tips and resources or those whoare – or might be – interested in creating a Family Nature Blog.Blogging used to be or experts and proessionalsbut today many amilies are creating blogs tocapture their adventures in nature and createan online amily album o photos andmemories to treasure, enjoy and share. Increating this guide we’ve drawn on whatmany amilies have done and learned.You’ll fnd great examples o amilynature blogs on the C&NN WorldwideFamily Nature BlogNet:
http://www.childrenandnature.org/blognet/ 
Family Nature Bloggers say they blog because it’sun, it brings their amily and community closertogether, it allows them to connect with otheramily nature bloggers who live ar away, and it’sa powerul way to grow the grassroots movementto reconnect children and nature. Here are someexamples o what other Family Nature Bloggershave done:
http://www.childrenandnature.org/blognet/ 
“I’m a Los Angeles-basedwie, mom and adventure guideor two young boys. This blog is thestory o our nature-inspired adventures.This blog is a place or me to shareour nature adventures. My hope is thatyou’ll be inspired to get your amilyoutside, too. I usually post three times aweek about all things kids andnature related.”
Debi, blogger Go Explore Nature
“We encourage grown upsto come prepared to make a memorywith their child(ren). Our motto issimple: Play, Learn, Volunteer. It is nosecret that here at KIVA we are learningas we go. We are so lucky to have thisspace to share our joys, our ideas (andriends’ ideas) and our inspirations.”
The Donahues Kids In the Valley Adventuring Family Nature Club and blog
 
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“All o us share a senseo common purpose. We representmany, many others—some we know,and others we have never met. Peoplethroughout the world are increasinglyconnected by a resonance and passion,to create a new common sense orthe good health o children today andgenerations to come.”
Cheryl Charles President and CEO,Children & Nature Network 
Blogging brings families together.
Blogs provide a un space to capture and enjoyyour photographs, stories, and memorieso outdoor amily adventures in a new way.Children may wish to create their own blog, orwrite entries or the blog you create. Bloggingcan help children develop a sense o place withinthe amily and the larger community.
 Why create a Family nature Blog?
Blogging connects you to friends, family and your immediate andgreater communities.
Blogging allows you to enter the ongoing conversation with others who share your passion orgetting amilies into nature. By unleashing the power o your own amily’s story, you can becomepart o the larger movement to connect children and nature.
Blogging can help inspireother families.
Family Nature Blogs are a great way to showothers the benefts o time in nature. Nature isall around us. Blogging about your adventures-- in rural settings and open space; cityneighborhoods, backyards and rootop gardens;suburban parks or walking trails -- can inspireothers. Reading about your amily adventurescan demystiy nature adventures and empowerothers to have some amily outings o their own.
 
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Telling Your Story
“Passion is lited rom the earth itsel by the muddy hands o the young;it travels along grass-stained sleeves to the heart. “
Richard Louv Author, Last Child in the Woods 
Think o your blog as a place to capture your amily adventures and memories or years to come, while being ableto share them with others today. A simple way to start is by posting photos o a recent nature outing, with short cap-tions. You may fnd that, once you get going, you have more that you want to share. Don’t be araid to experiment.There are many ways to tell your story and everyone has their own unique storytelling voice.You can tell the story rom your perspective or encourage the whole amily to contribute and participate. Ask amilymembers: What did you like the best? What did you see, hear or touch? What would you like to remember? What doyou want others to know? Include children in telling the stories in age-appropriate ways. Younger children can tell youhow they elt and you can type it in. Older children can add their own photos and blog entries. Check out these blogsor good examples o unique voices:
http://www.childrenandnature.org/blognet/PDFs/BlogNet_Examples.pdf 
Letting Others Know About Your Blog
Once you begin blogging, you will want to fnd readers within and beyond your network o amily and riends. Thereare many online social media tools, such as Facebook and Twitter that will help you let others know about and ollowyour adventures. You can share with your own amily members, nature club members, potential members, or otherinterested people rom around the world. Your adventures can inspire and motivate others to start their own blogsand maybe start a amily nature club.Social networks, in which people share inormation or have discussions online, are another orm o community. Usu-ally people who share inormation, join discussions, and help others publicize their eorts are the ones who get themost out o the various networks. Many o your riends may already by using some orms o social media – they canhelp introduce you to people and spread your word.Click here or simple ideas or Sharing Your Adventures with Others:
http://www.childrenandnature.org/blognet/PDFs/BlogNet_SharingAdventures.pdf 
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three easy steps to starting a Family nature Blog
Setting Up Your Blog
You can set up and maintain your blog yoursel, or make blogging an activity or the whole amily. I blogging is newto you, Blogging Basics will guide you through the process o setting up your blog. You will also get a realistic ideaabout the time it takes to maintain a blog, which can be done in as little as 1-2 hours a week, once you’ve set it up.This link
http://www.childrenandnature.org/blognet/PDFs/BlogNet_Basics.pdf 
will take you to step-by-stepinormation about using ree blog platorms, choosing a name, writing and posting your frst blog entry,and much more!
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