Beyond the Front Door: Embracing Nature for a Happier and Healthier Family

An outdoor family activity guide for reconnecting children with nature through seasonal play, creativite activities, and everyday adventure. 

Whether you live in a big city, in the suburbs, or out in the country, Josée Bergeron helps you find creative and simple ways to bring the rhythm of nature into your daily routine. Following the four seasons, she offers unique ways to bring your family closer to the outdoors, helping you enjoy time together and engage with the world around you. Bergeron encourages you to feel at home in nature, and she offers practical, fun ideas for connecting with it through curiosity and relatability. You can incorporate cultural traditions into your interactions with nature and honor the inherent qualities of the land you live on. Whether it’s welcoming spring by weaving a wildflower crown, celebrating summer by building a bug hotel, appreciating autumn by preserving leaves in beeswax, or creating a magical ice wreath in winter, you will learn how to embrace nature’s seasons and be more in tune with each other and your community.
 

Josée Bergeron is the founder of Backwoods Mama and an outdoor-family educator who helps families get outside with confidence year-round. She has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of British Columbia and a Creative Writing Certificate from The Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser University. She is Red River Métis and lives with her family in Kelowna, British Columbia.