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Home learning resources for indoor & outdoor fun!

Keep minds and bodies engaged with our activities in art, nature, mindfulness & movement.

ACTIVITIES & LESSONS

Take a Family Adventure!

We plan, you play with Family Adventures — connect with each other and the world around you.

HAVE FUN!

Mindfulness & Movement

Developed by teachers, for teachers. Help your kids settle, connect, move and focus.

CONNECT

Central Iowa Yoga Retreat

We're cooking up some new recipes for re-treating, re-newing and re-creating. Watch this site for new dates!

SOMEDAY!

Next Step Adventure is ready to help.

We use a approach to better your world.

Through a unique blend of development and facilitation fortified with fun, creativity and mindfulness, we help you reach the next level.

TEAM BUILDING

Generate energy; define roles and enhance relationships through collaboration and problem solving ❯

COACHING FOR GROWTH

Definition, focus and support for achieving your goals ❯

SOCIAL JUSTICE

Poverty simulations and other approaches change the way we look at the world ❯

MINDFULNESS & MOVEMENT

Attain spiritual growth through physical practice and develop healthy mind body connection ❯

OUTDOOR EDUCATION

Explore issues, solve problems, and take action to protect wild places, even if they’re in your own backyard ❯

ART FOR LIFE

Get in the flow; rejuvenate your creative spirit; see the world as it really is and communicate your emotional experiences to others ❯

Take the Learning Outdoors

When things feel turned around and upside down, turn to nature for solace and safety. Breathe the fresh air and find joy among the trees and rocks.

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Just Calm Down!

My name is Mary. I am nine years old. Yesterday, I went to yoga class to help show some of the activities. It was really fun! We had three 30-minute classes. The students were in pre-K through fifth grade. I noticed when the students came into the gym they were a little crazy and when they left, they were calm. ...

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Spring favorites

After a long winter at home, spring never felt so good. Here are a few of my spring favorites: Walk in the Woods Woodlands offer something new every season, but spring is my favorite. I feel like a kid doing a scavenger hunt as I try to spot the spring ephemeral wildflowers. As a sidenote: the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation ...

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