There’s nothing my grandchildren would rather do than play outside.
Forget TV, iPad or Netflix. They’d rather run through the woods, play dolls under a shade tree, kick a ball, play hide and seek, swim, play soccer, kayak, rock climb, sit on a quilt and read a book.
In today’s busy world, even for children, “free” days are few and far between. With soccer, swimming, theater classes and more, my young granddaughters typically have busy schedules.
But not always.
On a recent sunny and warm Saturday, my granddaughters, 7 and 3, played in the back yard the entire day. I made a makeshift tent using a quilt, suspending it from a tall fence. It wasn’t unlike the ones my mother made for me during my childhood when she draped quilts over a clothes line. The girls played in the tent for hours.