Misadventures with Rangers: kids outdoors

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Kids Outside and the Importance Thereof

A fellow blogger, retired NPS Ranger Bruce W. Byntar hits the nail on the head with this one. Check out his post on the (ill) effects of standardized testing here.

Metroparks of the Toledo Area Julie Streb at at 'owl' release in Oak Openings Metropark, Whitehouse Ohio


Kids of all ages watching bison at the Madison Junior Ranger Station in Yellowstone National Park.


Girl Scouts studying their plot at Secor Metropark, Sylvania Ohio.

My nephew, the Lil Ripper, enjoying Oak Openings Metropark the fun way.

Fun With Autism or Catchy New Phrases!

Know how your kids said funny things when they were little? Like my nephew's famous line, spoken while holding a rock to his ear and apparently speaking to it: "It's my rocky-talkie"?

Autism is a communications disorder. My kids continue to come up with language use that makes more sense or is just plain funny.

I offer up this sampling:

"Boys have, you know--down there--acorns."

"My sleepy. My go bed now."

"What you me want get?"

"You fine okay that?"

"That rare to see."

"When you me want pack?"

"You me up pick it?"

"A CT scan is like being stuffed in a roll of toilet paper."

"Boy, I'm glad I'm not in that room any more," said FTD to me at midnight. "Why not? Don't you like the new look of it?" said I. "Naw," said he, "I just puked all over carpet."

FINISHED!