Tales and Trails

Tales and Trails We are dedicated to equalizing the nature access gap that impacts our community.

We are committed to ensuring every child feels safe to access the natural spaces near their home! "Studies have shown that time in nature — as long as people feel safe — is an antidote for stress: It can lower blood pressure and stress hormone levels, reduce nervous system arousal, enhance immune system function, increase self-esteem, reduce anxiety, and improve mood" (Rowland-Shea et al., 2020).

For children specifically, research has shown that time in unstructured outdoor play builds confidence, promotes creativity and imagination, teaches responsibility, provides different stimulation, gets kids moving, makes them think and reduces stress and fatigue (Cohen, 2021).

What are your favorite fall treats? Drop them below! ++
10/18/2022

What are your favorite fall treats? Drop them below!
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What is your favorite fall activity? ++
10/17/2022

What is your favorite fall activity?
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"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive...
10/16/2022

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."

- George Eliot
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What is your favorite part of fall hiking and/or exploring?++
10/15/2022

What is your favorite part of fall hiking and/or exploring?
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10/14/2022

"I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than trees."- Henry David Thoreau••
10/13/2022

"I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than trees."
- Henry David Thoreau


Nature walk turned nature craft! The scene on the yellow paper was created to be a home for animals. And the scene on th...
10/10/2022

Nature walk turned nature craft! The scene on the yellow paper was created to be a home for animals. And the scene on the blue paper was inspired by the ocean. Her sweet mind at work 🥰😍
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"Children naturally live in the moment and they allow that moment to be what it is; magical and beautiful in every way."...
10/09/2022

"Children naturally live in the moment and they allow that moment to be what it is; magical and beautiful in every way."

-April Peerless
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"We must teach our children to smell the earth, to taste the rain, to touch the wind, to see things grow, to hear the su...
10/08/2022

"We must teach our children to smell the earth, to taste the rain, to touch the wind, to see things grow, to hear the sun rise and night fall - to care."

- John Cleal
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“Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach of ...
10/07/2022

“Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach of us more than we can ever learn from books.”
- John Lubbock
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"Nature and children are natural playmates; they're both wild and messy, unpredictable and beautiful."-Mark Hoelterhoff ...
10/06/2022

"Nature and children are natural playmates; they're both wild and messy, unpredictable and beautiful."
-Mark Hoelterhoff
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“Let the children be free; encourage them;let them run outside when it is raining;let them remove their shoes when they ...
09/28/2022

“Let the children be free; encourage them;
let them run outside when it is raining;
let them remove their shoes when they find a puddle of water;
and when the grass of the meadows is wet with dew,
let them run on it and trample it with their bare feet;
let them rest peacefully when a tree invites them to sleep beneath its shade;
let them shout and laugh when the sun wakes them in the morning.”
~ Maria Montessori


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