Gever Tulley

Julie Spiegler

Provides instructions for activities from tightrope walking and throwing a spear to safely playing with both electricity and fire to illustrate ways that children can explore the world around them.

50 Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)

Activities, skills, projects and experiences containing an element of danger that offer real ways for children to encounter phenomena first-hand and encourage them to become better questioners, tinkerers, experimenters, and thinkers.

Fifty Dangerous Things (you Should Let Your Children Do)

Why We Worry about the Wrong Things and what It's Doing to Our Kids

Beware Dangerism!

The perfect kids activity book for every parent looking for ways to help their children learn about the incredible world around us. In a time when children are too often coddled, 50 Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do) reminds readers that climbing trees is good for the soul, and that a pocket knife is not a weapon. Full of exciting ways children can explore the world around them, this book explains how to “Play with Fire” and “Taste Electricity” while learning about safety. With easy-to-follow instructions, it includes: • Activities, like walking a tightrope • Skills, like throwing a spear • Projects, like melting glass • Experiences, like sleeping in the wild As it guides you through these childlike challenges and more, 50 Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do) will inspire the whole household to embrace a little danger.

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