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By Luann Hays

 With school almost out, summer is the perfect time to rediscover the outdoors. Experiencing nature’s wonders firsthand — admiring a garter snake slithering in the grass, planting flowers in the yard or devouring strawberries picked fresh from the garden — can prove as captivating as anything on the TV or video-game screen. So begin today to get your kids to celebrate and capture summer outside with our living planet.

Parents searching for inspiration don’t have to look far to identify great outdoor activities that are nearby, easy and fun. And the benefits are enormous, studies reveal. More-active kids do better academically. They score higher on tests of concentration and self-discipline. They show better coordination, balance and agility, and they’re sick less often. They are less likely to bully, be violent and to vandalize. And they are more likely to develop their imagination and the sense of wonder.

“Unlike television, nature does not steal time; it amplifies it,” contends award-winning journalist and child advocate Richard Louv, whose book Last Child in the Woods coined the term “nature-deficit disorder” and also triggered a nationwide “No Child Left Indoors” movement. “In nature, a child finds freedom, fantasy and privacy: a place distant from the adult world, a separate peace.”

Not as many children today are discovering the outdoors. In a typical week, only six percent of children ages 9 to 13 play outside on their own, while a typical child in the U.S. watches more than three hours of television daily. The decline in outdoor adventuring is cited as one reason why the obesity rate has more than tripled the past three decades, to 17 percent from 5 percent, for children ages 12 to 19.

But getting your kids off the couch and out into the neighborhood for memorable adventures is easy and enjoyable. “We realize it can be a challenge for parents to identify outdoor activities that kids will consider fun,” says Jennifer Hanley, outdoor living and gardening expert at The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company. That very premise inspired the National Gardening Association — in conjunction with ScottsMiracle-Gro - to feature guides to creative, outdoor activities on www.kidsgardening.org. The site offers a wealth of ideas on how to get kids outside and in tune with their natural surroundings this summer.

Hanley’s nature and garden-related suggestions include a stroll around the yard or the neighborhood park to introduce children to the six basic parts of plants and their functions; planting perennials that live and bloom year after year; and designating a day for immersing children in nature — without TV, computers and video games.

Whenever a child laments, “I’m bored, there’s nothing to do,” recommend any of these options and add enthusiastically that you will be glad to join in the adventure:

* Starting a learning garden in the backyard or neighborhood plot. This helps kids learn about taking care of plants (and the animals drawn to the plants) and respecting the environment and nearby nature. Your kids can take photos of the garden as it grows and produces whatever they’ve planted.

* Bird watching and identifying trees and plants that appear in the yard. These activities often entice older kids, especially if they understand that a periodic bird or plant census helps detect any significant shifts in their populations.

* Recording sight, hearing, smell and touch observations on walks in your neighborhood, which helps kids hone their sensory-observation skills. They can log the information they gather using a scientific approach and even make drawings to chronicle their observations.

Janet Fouts, a West Virginia environmentalist, invented nature games with her daughter, Julia. In one game called “The Sound of a Creature Not Stirring,” they would listen for sounds they couldn’t hear — an apple ripening, dew on the grass, an earthworm moving through the soil, and a spider weaving its web, among others. Fouts maintains that this attention to nature’s details helped in her daughter’s speech development, writing, artwork and keen attention to detail.

By making outdoor activity fun, parents play an integral role in helping children appreciate the beauty of nature in their surrounding areas and understand the importance of being environmental stewards, starting in their own backyard.

Luann is the owner of Send Flowers Online, a comprehensive online florist. Luann offers many beautiful floral bouquets as well as a large selection of giftbaskets and unique gifts. The site also provides a variety of articles and info. pages about flowers and gardening.

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Tips how to present flora to Ukraine.

By Roberto Garabell

 Do you know why do people mail flora to their near and beloved ones? It might be when they have some special occasions like birthdays, anniversaries, marriage, or might even be condolence. Now with the imminent trends and ecommerce trade expanding its wings all over the world, it has become very relaxed to mail things like flora on internet. You just have to buy them on internet, identify the shipping address to whom and where it has to be delivered and your work is done in no time. flora, fruits and other eatables are also shopped online and sent to any part of the world to your near and beloved ones. though they are perishable matter , lot of attention is full by the export agencies in order to provide your supplies as warm as they are when you buy them at your door footstep. thus people desire online shopping including shopping of flora as they can be assured of the newness and condition.

There are many kinds of services which you can adopt for when you are sending flora to other cities or countries. You can just quest online which is the nearby place where you can buy the stuff and where it has to be delivered. If you want to mail flora to Ukraine then you might have a wealth of purchasing a flower bunch either in Ukraine or even from your place or other country and it is the export agency’s responsibility to bring your flora freshly. They might take up to 48 hours to convey your flora to the shipping address specified.

Prices from the native florist at Ukraine might be more compliant as compared to the other places. You can even save the shipping charges if you shop online from a florist at Ukraine. Many people choose this scheme of sending flora because they can get some reasonable prices if they mail flora from the native florists quite than the shipping charges. But you might not always rely on the native florists because they may not always have online shopping options and a website established for their store. There are many nationwide florists delivering good condition flora too. They have good transfer network and thus their customers are very greatly fulfilled because they are available to any country. But however, they are costlier than these native florists. Many of the florists grant compliant payment methods like repute license, PayPal, Google Checkout, Western Union, curb, Money order, Wire Transfers, and many other internet currencies like Web Money, RBX Money, Money Mail and many more. Isn’t that certainly advantageous that we have lot many payment options? We can pay the charges easily and the transactions are cute short.

Flowers can be delivered to any cities in Ukraine if you order them from most of the well known florists. Natural flora like roses, lily, carnations and many more can be delivered along with bouquets, pot flora for different occasions. Now with the emergent ecommerce corporate, you can impress your loved ones who might be living in any part of the country with warm flora and bouquets.

BroberJ is the vendor of flowers Ukraine. You can find more articles at www.sendflowers.ru/eng/flowers-ukraine/.

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