About the Book
about the book
Find plenty of exciting ways for your children to explore the world around them. This book will inspire the whole household to embrace a little danger. Learn More
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Climb a Tree
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Progress Reports
Audra Marotta 12/09/2011
I grew up in rural north central Illinois with roughly 8 acres of wooded forest at the back of our property. I'd spend my summers outside, sunup til sundown, playing in these woods completely unsuperv
Lauren Whisk 10/07/2011
when i was about 9.i went to my friends house and we played hide and seek while her mum was cooking dinner.Me and one of my friends decided to climb a tree and hide up there. Our other friends were lo
William 09/27/2011
Just recently i was playing frisbee of of a tree and getting down i had to slide down a steep branch when i got to a straighter branch i hit a stump sticking out of the tree and i slid off and landed
Claire 09/16/2011
Katie and I climbed trees many years. We always wanted to climb the higher than the other. it was something I will always look back that will make me smile. terrific memories.
Brenda 07/07/2011
As the mom of 5 boys, and a former tomboy myself, I am surprised and amazed that we have to have experts tell us how to let our children experience the world. I am also an early childhood educator and
Jess Flint 06/27/2011
I climbed trees all the time as a kid! Nearly every day. The only falling I ever did was falling asleep on a big branch....well i guess that's more dangerous....
Carme 06/26/2011
Between my 6 and 9 I passed most of my summers up in the trees and I never fell. I used to swing in some branches too, like a little monkey-girl. Never my grandparents told me I could fall or not to d
Rachel 06/21/2011
My 5-year-old son is a natural climber. Recently, the kids were playing hide-and-go seek in the backyard. After searching under every chair and table...I finally looked up. There he was, probably abou
Bruce 05/24/2011
When I was about 9 years old a kid I just met and I climbed a tree in his grandmother's back yard. It was some kind of really old fruit tree with a big trunk that branched into three about 6 feet off
