{"id":2483,"date":"2013-07-03T08:57:45","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T12:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=2483"},"modified":"2014-02-03T16:46:29","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T21:46:29","slug":"while-youre-at-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/while-youre-at-the-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"While You&#8217;re At The Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonmamas.com\/2012\/07\/beachcombing_basics.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-443\" alt=\"Shell via National Park Service\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/07\/shellwithmoonsnailbiteCREDITnationalparkservice_small1.gif\" width=\"354\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a>Last summer, we published a fun post on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonmamas.com\/blog\/2012\/7\/19\/beachcombing-basics.html\" target=\"_blank\">BostonMamas<\/a><\/strong> about how to explore the beach. In honor of the upcoming 4th of July holiday, we thought it would be a good idea to share it again&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonmamas.com\/blog\/2012\/7\/19\/beachcombing-basics.html\" target=\"_blank\">Beachcombing Basics<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just because school\u2019s out for summer doesn\u2019t mean the learning has to stop. In fact, when you\u2019re outdoors, there\u2019s always something new to discover\u2014especially at the beach!<\/p>\n<p>Ever wonder what that cute little fuzzy bird is running back and forth to the water? How that shell got a perfect hole in it? Or what sand really is? Where there\u2019s a question, there\u2019s an answer. Next time you head for the coast, bring along this collection of interesting coastal facts to share with your kids.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonmamas.com\/blog\/2012\/7\/19\/beachcombing-basics.html\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Photo via National Park Service<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last summer, we published a fun post on BostonMamas about how to explore the beach. In honor of the upcoming 4th of July holiday, we thought it would be a good idea to share it again&#8230; Beachcombing Basics Just because school\u2019s out for summer doesn\u2019t mean the learning has to stop. In fact, when you\u2019re [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecokids","category-get-outdoors","category-nature-notes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-E3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":439,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/beachcombing-basics\/","url_meta":{"origin":2483,"position":0},"title":"Beachcombing Basics","author":"Hillary T.","date":"July 19, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"We are always looking for new ways to encourage people to get outside and enjoy nature. 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