Adventure Mamas Podcast

In this week's episode we talk about our New Years goals. We reflect on 2024 and set our eyes on 2025 adventures, which OF COURSE we will chat about on the pod as we go!

Join us as we chat with Laurie Syphard, a guide (teacher) at a Nature School in Baltimore. Learn the ins and outs with us of how a nature school looks and functions!

In this episode, we mention -

Episode 10 Family Camp

Association for Nature-Based Education

Sand and sensory tray (Affiliate link)

Episode 18 Book Chat: Balanced and Barefoot

In this week's book chat we talk about "Balanced and Barefoot," by Angela Hanscom. The book advocates for unstructured free play preferably outside for children's development. We chat about what that looks like in our homes, and homeschools.

You can buy the book here. (affiliate link)

We also mention an interview between Ginny Yurich and Angela Hanscom that you can find here.

Kelly Kreider is a fellow adventure mama, foster mama, and social worker. We had so much fun talking about everything from backpacking the world to homesteading. This episode is full of encouragement and inspiration, and we barely scratched the surface of what we wanted to talk about!

Keep an eye out soon for Kelly's ebook for sleep training without crying it out.

Gift giving season is upon us and we've curated our favorite gifts for adventure kids, families, and friends! Listen to some of our favorite gifts to give and a couple on our own wish lists.

You can find our gift guide with links here. (Our gift guide includes affiliate links).

We also mention one of our favorite, magical, stores; Uncommon Goods.

Merry shopping and happy adventuring!

Are you new to adventuring? Or maybe new to adventuring with children? This is the episode for you! We talk about practical ways to start dipping your toes into adventure and begin making it a part of your family!

Ashley embarked on a journey to camp every weekend in September with her family. It turned into two trips in September, but the memories and magic were there regardless. Listen in to hear all about Westmoreland State Park and Pocahontas State Park, shark teeth hunting and mushroom finding.

This week we mention:

RaiseMWild

D/2 Biological Solution [Apparently it is marketed as a grave stone cleaner. I used it for the canvas on my camper and it was GREAT.]

Junior Ranger Programs

Find and Seek Game

In this episode we go over all kinds of safety; from hiking on trails to stranger danger. We mention lots of practices and tools we use to keep our families safe, as well as resources that we use. In this podcast we mention:

Responsibly Brave by Coley Raeh

The Trail Magic Carrier

Antivenom Website

The Red Cross App

Today we talk all about Theme Parks! Theme parks are a beast with kids, but such a FUN adventure. From Disney to Water Country... here are our best tips, safety ideas, and of course lots of food thoughts.

How do we financially afford adventures? We budget for them! We know it's not polite table talk to discuss money, but we hope that this episode inspires you to go on inexpensive adventures and to get creative with ways to fund them.