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Gunnison and Crested Butte Colorado
Family Activity Guide -- Summer 2006
Features

Light
Outside
Is all filled up with snow.
It is magic powder;
It has a quiet, silent glow.
Feathers from the sky create
Soft pillows on the ground.
Summer is much louder.

-- Annie, Slate River School, Mt. Crested Butte, CO

High Altitude Health Hints for Children
By Dr. Roger Sherman
The mountain environment is truly one of the greatest playgrounds for children. With opportunities for mountain as well as river and lake access, children can explore a wide variety of unique and fun activities. Though the high country is generally a safe and benign environment, there are a few medical concerns that you should be aware of to make your stay as injury free as possible. Read more.

Intentional Parenting
By Deborah Tutnauer, MEd, MSW, LCSW
There are many different books concerning parenting theories and philosophies. You can enter any bookstore and choose from among tens to hundreds of authors and subjects: Jim Fay, Barbara Coloroso, Richard Ferber; advice about explosive, shy, difficult or depressed children; information about parenting your child and parenting your child with . Some of the books are great, some are merely good. Some, I wonder how they ever got published. Overall, even the most questionable have at least something to offer that can help you parent. Read more.

Wonder Walk: In Celebration of Children and Nature
By Shelley Read
My daughter runs ahead of me on the narrow trail alongside Cement Creek, her blonde braid bouncing beneath her sunhat. She navigates the path's familiar twists and obstacles with ease, pausing occasionally to point and shout out "lichen!" or "larkspur!" or to suddenly crouch and examine an insect that has caught her eye. Her little brother follows her, less surefooted but equally enthusiastic, equally free in this cool mountain breeze. They detour to the edge of the river to throw a handful of willow leaves into an eddy and watch the green jewels circle; they clutch long sticks and carve their names in the mud. Back on the trail, they are running again, until a tempting boulder needs scrambling, a butterfly beckons a chase, or a log needs overturning for an inspection of the squirming larvae buried beneath. Read more.