halstarchild t1_iruko2w wrote on October 11, 2022 at 3:38 AM

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Try making it engaging for her. Maybe you should try to identify plants or go forraging or ask her what she's interested in the woods. Or point out cool things you see together.

Splenda t1_irwp77t wrote on October 11, 2022 at 4:36 PM

Go for the gross. Secretly drop some milk duds on the trail, then taste them to "identify the deer species". Or lick a worm or a slug, then dare her to do the same. Kids love it.

Then, at night, be sure to watch meteors, ask her to count the stars in The Pleiades, and look at the Andromeda galaxy with binoculars.