Give the Kids a GREEN HOUR!
A GREEN HOUR is one hour per day for kids to play outside! The National Wildlife Federation initiated the GREEN HOUR network as a way to get kids active, healthy and enjoying nature. Here are some ideas from NWF & the SD Discovery Center.
Yes, it’s cold out. Bundle up anyway and give your kids the healthy and joy-filled memory of playing outside with their favorite adult.
Rediscover the Fabulous Frisbee!
In the park, your yard or on the beach… With a friend or your dog… frisbees are fun! Dig that frisbee out of the the garage (or purchase one at the Discovery Center) and take your kid outside to play. It is a wonderful, simple pleasure.
Or, try the modern evolution of frisbee, disc golf. The Pierre–Fort Pierre area features two disc golf courses.
The game is simple: Players take turns throwing plastic discs — Frisbees — at a metal basket. Each player then throws again from wherever his disc lands, until he lands the disc in the basket. At the end of the course, typically nine “holes,” the player who finishes the hole in the fewest throws wins.
Play at Oahe Downstream and Steamboat Park disc golf courses is free; at Oahe, a valid state park entrance license is required. Both parks have discs available for check-out. Contact the Pierre Parks Department for more information: (605) 773-7445.
Stop in the SD Discovery Center for your set of rules with score cards today!
This GREEN HOUR tip is provided by the SD Discovery Center, 805 W. Sioux, Pierre, SD, www.sd-discovery.com.
A GREEN HOUR is one hour per day for kids to play outside! The National Wildlife Federation initiated the GREEN HOUR network as a way to get kids active, healthy and enjoying nature. Here are some ideas from NWF & the SD Discovery Center.
Yes, it’s cold out. Bundle up anyway and give your kids the healthy and joy-filled memory of playing outside with their favorite adult.
Rediscover the Fabulous Frisbee!
In the park, your yard or on the beach… With a friend or your dog… frisbees are fun! Dig that frisbee out of the the garage (or purchase one at the Discovery Center) and take your kid outside to play. It is a wonderful, simple pleasure.
Or, try the modern evolution of frisbee, disc golf. The Pierre–Fort Pierre area features two disc golf courses.
The game is simple: Players take turns throwing plastic discs — Frisbees — at a metal basket. Each player then throws again from wherever his disc lands, until he lands the disc in the basket. At the end of the course, typically nine “holes,” the player who finishes the hole in the fewest throws wins.
Play at Oahe Downstream and Steamboat Park disc golf courses is free; at Oahe, a valid state park entrance license is required. Both parks have discs available for check-out. Contact the Pierre Parks Department for more information: (605) 773-7445.
Stop in the SD Discovery Center for your set of rules with score cards today!
This GREEN HOUR tip is provided by the SD Discovery Center, 805 W. Sioux, Pierre, SD, www.sd-discovery.com.
