The 50 things to do before the age of 11 against nature deficit

The 50 things to do before the age of 11 against nature deficit, unfortunately more and more common among the very young.

From playing in the rain to exploring the woods with a compass, from jumping in puddles to climbing trees, how many children spend their free time in close contact with nature? How many still know how to do a somersault? Unfortunately very few! To such an extent that a term was born to identify the separation from the natural elements: Deficit of nature.

According to scholars it is an increasingly widespread disease, almost comparable to a disease, which mainly affects children and adolescents, hyper-connected to the web, completely disconnected from the environment. But if the new generations do not know nature, they will hardly develop a sincere interest in it and are even more unlikely to be willing to protect it.

An alarming situation considering that the future of the planet will largely depend on the mentality of young people. And that's why the National Trust has compiled a list of 50 things to do before the age of 11 to recover from Nature Deficit. The list was taken up by the WWF which transformed it into an infographic within the Aule Verdi project.

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Here are the 50 things your children should do before the age of 11 in order not to lose the connection with Nature:

1. Climbing on a tree
2. Bounce the stones on the water
3. Playing in the rain
4. Build a shelter in the woods or on the beach
5. Whistle using a blade of grass
6. Build and fly a kite
7. Have a picnic in nature
8. Playing with the waves
9. Rolling off a hill
10. Make a snowman
11. Go to a distant place with the bike
12. Follow a path in the woods
13. Look for the source or mouth of a river
14. Observe the grains of sand with a stereoscope
15. Climb a hill
16. Observe a seabed with flippers and a mask
17. Observe a patch of lawn with a magnifying glass
18. Organize a treasure hunt in the wild
19. Taking photographs of snowy places
20. Listen to the verse of 10 live animals and describe it
21. Visit a farm
22. Explore a cave
23. Look for chestnuts
24. Observe the shells in the sea
25. Visit an unknown city
26. Go to a nature reserve
27. Use the compass
28. Observe the stars and look for shooting stars
29. Look for animal tracks
30. Follow the path of the ants
31. Plant a seed and observe its growth
32. Making a herbarium
33. Use a manual for tree recognition
34. Discover everything that is in a pond
35. Create a bird feeder and observe the habits
36. Make your own naturalist notebook
37. Building a bat-box
38. Pick and taste a fruit of the tree
39. Building an instrument to measure wind and rain
40. Collect all shades of autumn leaf color
41. Go camping with the tent
42. Find your way home using only map and compass
43. Ride horse
44. Go canoeing
45. Wait for the sunrise on the beach
46. Holding a "scary" insect in your hand
47. Climb the boulders
48. Walking in the snow
49. Take the pedal boat and dive
50. Prepare your backpack yourself to go to nature

If we can boast of having done all or almost all, can our children say the same?

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