End of Summer Bucket List
Whether the kids have started school or not, it's that time of the year...and I'm freaking out a little bit. It's time to get ready for...
... be outside and grow...
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Rebecca P. Cohen
- Jun 8, 2016
- 6 min
Weaving Outdoor Play into Every Day Life
This is the transcript of a speech presented at Partners Outdoors 2016 RECx at U.S. Department of the Interior. My big idea is a rather...
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Rebecca P. Cohen
- Apr 11, 2016
- 4 min
Play in a Book about Outdoor Play
Click here to vote for this post on TODAY Parents (click "vote up") What I love about moms is our intuition. I didn’t know it at the...
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Rebecca P. Cohen
- Mar 20, 2016
- 3 min
5 Favorite Spring Activities
When you think of Spring, what comes to mind? For me, I envision renewal brought by rain, sprouting, and growth. Here are my favorite...
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Rebecca P. Cohen
- Mar 9, 2016
- 1 min
15 Minutes Outside Turns Five!
Fifteen Minutes Outside: 365 Ways to Get Out of the House and Connect with Your Kids was released Spring 2011 (Sourcebooks), and is...
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Rebecca P. Cohen
- Feb 24, 2016
- 2 min
Outdoor Birthdays are Best!
Vote for this post on TODAY Parents (click "Vote up") With a little creativity, there are endless options for birthday fun outside...
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Rebecca P. Cohen
- Jan 25, 2016
- 1 min
Show the World YOUR Snow Play
What snow panic? Here's what happened when author Rebecca P. Cohen asked families to share their snow play with the world: Thanks for...
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Rebecca P. Cohen
- Jan 20, 2016
- 2 min
10 Ways to Embrace a Winter Storm with Outdoor Play
Are you ready for a snow day? I remember the last big snow storm on the east coast that closed school for a week and the arctic...
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Rebecca P. Cohen
- Dec 30, 2015
- 4 min
The Only New Year's Resolution I Made
Once, I made a New Year’s resolution and kept it. I had convinced my two young boys, Harmond and Warner, to drop their electronics and...
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Rebecca P. Cohen
- Dec 13, 2015
- 2 min
What I see in your child
“I only see the best in your child. In fact, that is what I see in all of my students,” he said. Those are the words of a teacher who has...
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Rebecca P. Cohen
- Nov 30, 2015
- 1 min
2 Books Recommended for Every Child
We are thrilled to have the support of parents and Early Literacy and Learning Specialist, Bonnie Lee Nicholls, for PJ's Backyard...
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Rebecca P. Cohen
- Nov 23, 2015
- 3 min
10 Ways to #OptOutside During the Holidays
Whether you choose to #OptOutside on Black Friday or want to unplug any day from the holiday rush, Rebecca P. Cohen, author of Fifteen...
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Rebecca P. Cohen
- Sep 17, 2015
- 2 min
A Shift in Routine
Our kids have gone back to school. We are all experiencing transition. There is something extremely exciting in a new routine. It's a...
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Rebecca P. Cohen
- Jun 23, 2015
- 3 min
Say 'Yes' Every Day
Reprinted from The Vail Daily Think of your best vacations. What if you could bring the feeling of those moments into your every day...
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Rebecca P. Cohen
- May 12, 2015
- 3 min
Have a reluctant early reader?
I did. At the time, I didn't know what to do. We resorted to a Summer reading program every Saturday in the Washington, DC area. My...
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Rebecca P. Cohen
- Mar 20, 2015
- 3 min
Let Spring Inspire New Activities
An excerpt from 15 Minutes Outside: 365 Ways to Get Out of the House and Connect with Your Kids by Rebecca P. Cohen: "The bonding that...
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Rebecca P. Cohen
- Jan 13, 2015
- 2 min
Raise Funds for Your School with PJ's Backyard Adventures
PJ’s Backyard Adventures is an early reader adventure book about a boy who has magical adventures in his backyard that take him to places...
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Rebecca P. Cohen
- Nov 17, 2014
- 2 min
PJ's Backyard Adventures
Imagine the light in a child's eyes. There is so much potential in every child around the world. The potential of every child is my...
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Rebecca P. Cohen
- May 13, 2014
- 3 min
Get Curious and Plant with Kids
April and May are my favorite months to start sprouting vegetable seeds, and one of my favorite activities is planting peas with children....
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Rebecca P. Cohen
- Nov 2, 2012
- 2 min
What is Your Landscape?
Inspiration comes in many forms: compassion, beauty, heroism, a job well done; the list is endless. Images of nature, in particular...
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