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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...
Rebecca P. Cohen
Aug 17, 20162 min read
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...
Rebecca P. Cohen
Jun 8, 20166 min read
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...
Rebecca P. Cohen
Apr 11, 20164 min read
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...
Rebecca P. Cohen
Mar 20, 20163 min read
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...
Rebecca P. Cohen
Mar 9, 20161 min read
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...
Rebecca P. Cohen
Feb 24, 20162 min read
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...
Rebecca P. Cohen
Jan 25, 20161 min read
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...
Rebecca P. Cohen
Jan 20, 20162 min read
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...
Rebecca P. Cohen
Dec 30, 20154 min read
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...
Rebecca P. Cohen
Dec 13, 20152 min read
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...
Rebecca P. Cohen
Nov 30, 20151 min read
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...
Rebecca P. Cohen
Nov 23, 20153 min read
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...
Rebecca P. Cohen
Sep 17, 20152 min read
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...
Rebecca P. Cohen
Jun 23, 20153 min read
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...
Rebecca P. Cohen
May 12, 20153 min read
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...
Rebecca P. Cohen
Mar 20, 20153 min read
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...
Rebecca P. Cohen
Jan 13, 20152 min read
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...
Rebecca P. Cohen
Nov 17, 20142 min read
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....
Rebecca P. Cohen
May 13, 20143 min read
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...
Rebecca P. Cohen
Nov 2, 20122 min read
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