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February 2025 Nature-Connection Calendar for Families
It’s already February 2025, and if you’re anything like me, those grand “new year, new me” ambitions might be feeling a little less grand (and a bit more guilt-inducing). If you’ve been trying to keep up with a nature challenge—like 1000 Hours Outside—maybe you colored in a few squares on…
The Ultimate Guide to Wildlife Tracking with Kids: A Fun and Educational Outdoor Adventure
Let’s face it, exploring nature with kids is hardly a stealthy venture. Any wildlife in the vicinity is either gone or hiding by the time your noisy troop gets there. Often the only animals we see on our adventures are squirrels indignantly twitching their tails to the beat of their…
How to Dress a Baby for Cold Winter Weather
How should I dress my baby when it’s cold outside? This is a question I get asked a lot. So often, in fact, that I figured the answer needed its very own post. I figure after raising five babies in the Great White North of Canada, I’ve learned a thing
How-to Make a Valentine Pinecone Gnome
Using pinecones for arts and crafts is so much fun. Pinecones come in all shapes and sizes. Big pinecones, little pinecones, round pinecones and long pinecones. Finding the perfect pinecone is just as much fun as making these adorable pinecone gnomes. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon…
Valentine’s Day Nature Scavenger Hunt (+ Free Printable)
Valentine’s Day is a day for sharing our love with family, friends… and the planet! One of the first steps to showing our children how to care for our planet is to let them explore nature at their own pace. This Valentine’s Day Scavenger Hunt is an invitation for children
How to Make Heart Shaped Wildflower Seed Bombs (+ Printable Tags)
Heart shaped seed bombs are a lovely Valentine's Day gift to give to your friends, family and the planet. They're 100% earth-friendly and very simple to make.
Magical Winter Picture Books for Children
In our home, winter mornings are slow. After filling our bellies with warm oatmeal we snuggle together on the couch and slowly wake up to stories share aloud. Even as my children get older we still hold onto our winter morning ritual. Below are some of our favourite winter-themed picture…
How to Make Tree Ornament Seed Bombs (+ Free Printable)
When it comes to giving gifts during the holiday season, I’m all about hand-made earth friendly gifts. If I had the time to make all of my family and friends something handmade I would. However, it seems that time accelerates during the holiday season. Or maybe time accelerates the more
Printable Valentine Flower Seed Packets for Kids
I love Valentine’s Day, but I don’t love all the candy and plastic that goes along with it. Last year my kids and I made earth-friendly Easy Heart Shaped Seed Bombs for Valentine’s day. This year we’re continue the seed tradition with some cute printable flower seed packets. Nature-Inspired Valentines
How-To Make Easy Heart Shaped Seed Bombs
Celebrate Valentine’s Day by sharing these heart shaped seed bombs with your loved ones and with the planet. Seed bombs are the perfect eco-friendly Valentine gift for kids to make and share with their family and friends. For an updated version of this post visit: How to Make Heart Shaped Wildflower
About Josée BergeronThe Original Backwoods Mama
Hello! Bonjour! Taanishi! My name is Josée Bergeron, and I am a French Canadian Métis mama of five children. I grew up in the beautiful province of British Columbia where I spent my childhood years exploring the vast wilderness of Western Canada with my family. These days you can find my wildlings and I immersed in the wonderous nature of the sunny Okanagan Valley.
I founded Backwoods Mama in 2009, a year after my eldest was born. From the start, I have shared my love for nature along with the many adventures and misadventures of getting outside with five kids – no easy feat! I quickly noticed that I wasn’t the only one wanting to raise outdoors kids, and struggling to do so. That’s when my blog transformed into a space of encouragement that’s packed with resources for parents, caregivers and educators looking to get outside and connect with nature with their kids.
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Josée Bergeron has a passion for helping parents, caregivers and educators learn about the importance of raising nature-connected children. She enjoys sharing her insights at speaking events and through writing engagements. Bergeron also enjoys collaborating with others and forming authentic partnerships with brands to help support her wild mission of leaving no family inside.
The Okanagan Trail Map • A Guide of Hikes to do With Your Kids

Take advantage of my interactive map of trails in the Central and South Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. If you’re looking for a family friendly Okanagan adventure you’ve come to right place! Visit the map page and click on the dots to discover new trails or use the graph below to make your search easier. You can sort the graph by location, distance, duration etc. by clicking on the top bar.
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Fall Outside - 30 Nature-Connection Prompts for Exploring Autumn with Children

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Nature Advent Calendar For Kids - 24 Days of Nature Connection

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Valentine Flower Seed Packets - A Nature-inspired Valentine Craft for Kids to Make & Share

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"My Nature Adventure Journal" - A Fall Nature Journal for Kids

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"My Nature Adventure Journal" - A Winter Nature Journal for Kids

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"My Nature Adventure Journal" - A Spring Nature Journal for Kids