Time to take kids outside!

With spring finally here, it is more important than ever to get kids outside.  All over the country, small fingerling trout and salmon smolts are leaving classrooms in the hands of their student caretakers to join the wide world through our TIC/SIC program.  Now is the time for other outdoor education events, as well.  TU Chapters and Councils are starting to plan spring fishing days, and classes are going outside on field trips.  Not sure you want to coordinate a whole event? School clubs and after-school groups are looking for ways to get out and explore and it's easy to partner with one of them. Just look around your community.  Everyone wants kids to be outside, to learn, to play, to engage in science, to be an artist, to learn a life sport.

Need ideas for what to do?  The Trout in the Classroom website has a great trout-related field activities section.  Look there for scientific investigations, journal prompts, art projects, fun learning games, and more.  Or just take kids fishing.  What could be better than that?