Four-year-old Davide Lencioni has a geocoin collection most adults would envy. Since the Italian toddler’s birth, his godmother Katja de Vries (GC handle: kdv) has been amassing the coins as a record of his life. “He was born in January 2008 and, of course, I created a Geocaching.com account for him the day he was …
If you’ve ever worried about losing one of your smaller cachers out on the trail, then this product might be for you … the Pikavu Express Locator. According to its creator, Spanish company Vision Localisation Systems, you simply place a GPS-enabled wristwatch on your child and use the portable receiver to keep track of them. From the website: GPS …
A report in the Sydney Morning Herald suggests that the over-protectiveness of parents and allure of technology means kids are missing out on the benefits of interacting with nature. According to health expert Griffin Longley, from Nature Play WA: That had contributed to 14 per cent of Western Australian children developing a mental health disorder and …
While feeling a little bored this afternoon, I cooked up something to keep the kids entertained on our next caching trip. I thought I’d also share my puzzle here to see how many people can help GC.com mascot Signal find the ammo cans hidden within. Click on the picture to open a larger version in a new tab …
I had a little spare time during a recent Rugby World Cup match and started playing around with some photos. It all turned into this short clip – enjoy!
Let It’s Not About The Numbers tell you the story of how first-time author Heathor Gregory wrote her just-released children’s book Ben And The Geocache Treasure … “It’s all Indiana Jones’ fault,” says new author Heather Gregory. Without the movie franchise about the world’s ultimate treasure hunter, this mother and public school art teacher from …
Six-year-old Sophie Quay-Clark (GC handle: Sophie World) will soon have more finds than kjwx and Cumbyrocks put together. Here, her mother Hannah Quay writes of her eldest child’s geocaching journey. “I’m not walking five miles for seven caches,” declared my six-year-old. “But you’ve walked five miles before – in fact, you’ve walked further,” I replied. “There were …
Thanks to Rich over at GPS Tracklog for pointing out this Geomate Jr giveaway at Turning The Clock Back. Overall, I loved this unit! The GPS accuracy was much better than the one on my iphone app and it is very kid friendly! The arrow that tells you which direction to go in was easy …
Okay, I can’t really claim to know that this would be a world record and I’m fairly sure someone in the world has already done this, however, today I shall be attempting a world record personal best number of cache finds in a day accompanied by a child under the age of 5! My …
If any school teacher deserves a shiny, red apple, it’s Gerard MacManus. On Tuesday, the head of digital technology at Auckland’s Papatoetoe High School ran a geocaching class for fellow educators attending the Post Primary Teachers’ Association professional conference in Wellington. His class tied in perfectly with this year’s theme of “eDscapes: Mapping teachers’ professional …
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