Letterboxing with Kids: A Guide to Getting Started

✍ Scribed by Lisa Cordeiro

• Publisher: Lisa Cordeiro
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Once you try letterboxing, it’s hard not to get hooked. It combines the thrill of the hunt with a love of discovery of exploring new places, or rediscovering your own town. It’s a low-key adventure, away from crowds and expensive attractions and encourages you to get outside and explore.

It’s a journey that helps you to discover new places, similar to a treasure hunt. You only need a few supplies that are reasonably priced, so it’s easy to get started. Plus, there is so much variety with letterboxes hidden around the world; it’s an activity that you can try whenever you like.

This guide is written for parents, teachers, troop leaders, and others who want to take kids on a letterboxing hunt. It will show you the basics you need to get started. The author has taken her kids letterboxing from a young age. She has also introduced Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops as well as nieces and nephews so she shares tips on what she's found works best with kids.

✦ Subjects

Games; Reference; Sports & Recreations; Nonfiction; GAM000000; NON000000; SPO018000