Hiking, also known as trekking, is not walk in the common sense, but a kind of "long-distance walking sport", including "long-distance walking over mountains and ridges". Most families pay great attention to the impact of nature on their children and often take their children on hiking trips. Taking a hiking backpack, find happiness in the forest and mountain, also bring them many interests. This kind of itinerary can not only enhance the children's physical fitness, but also exercise the children at the level of personality such as will. So before hiking, what preparations do parents usually do for their children?

1. Prepare enough water and food for your children in their hiking backpack.

Bring plenty water as much as possible. For a 10 km trip, you can prepare roughly 2 liters of water per person. About the food, dark chocolate is perfect, which can replenish energy. You can also bring some homemade snacks and dried fruits for children to eat in the wild. Snacks and dried fruits will not take large space in their hiking backpack, but bring us much energy. So they are our best choice to throw into our hiking backpack.

2. Choose proper hiking route.

Try to choose some convenient and slightly sloped routes that can keep your children excited. The distance can be short at first. Make sure the children can sustain with their hiking backpack.(buy a good outdoor hiking backpack) Try somewhere close to your home so that if the child falls asleep, or if there is any sudden situation, it can be easily dealt with.

3. Make this mountain climbing into an adventure treasure hunt to the children.

Make a list of the flora and fauna need to be found during this time’s hiking. This arrangement will not only increase the children's interest in hiking, but also allow him to learn more about animals and plants, and stimulate his curiosity about nature. The children will be confident and full of sense of accomplishment if the treasure hunt is good.

4. Bring a book about outdoor life in their hiking backpack.

Bring an outdoor book to cultivate children's reading habits on the road. Selecting plant or animal book that children are interested in in the content. This can also make children more interested in such outdoor activities.

5. For families with only one child, ask him if he want to invite good friends to go together.

The children may feel boring for them to go hiking with adult. However, if there is a good friend of them coming together, everything will be more interesting. They may share the same camping mat, the same hiking backpack, sleeping in one camping, sounds very interesting!

6. Get up early in the morning.

Morning is the time when everyone has the most energy. Also, the air environment is the best. It’s great to start hiking at this time. Go and ask the children to prepare their hiking backpack, we will start off at 6am tomorrow morning!

7. Bring more cloth in your hiking backpack.

If there are rivers or creeks in the itinerary, then there is a possibility of getting wet. At this time, spare clothes are useful! If you travel in a mountainous area, the temperature in the mountainous area will drop if the altitude rises, and warm clothing is necessary. Anyway, better preparation in your hiking backpack is 100% useful for your hiking.

8. Make road signs to identify the way.

Make exclusive road signs at forks, for example, tie cloth strips to the branches, or use stones and wooden sticks to form unique shapes. In addition, ask the children to stop and look at the map every time they go to a place. This can improve them having the awareness of finding the way according to the map and give full play to their navigation ability. Therefore, a map in the hiking backpack is very important if you are going to an unfamiliar place.

9. Let the child be the leader.

If you are used to leading the way, you might as well let your child be a leader. Your child's independent thinking ability is trained in such kinds of challenging activities! They go out with you are not only for wearing his hiking backpack and hiking with you. They also need to face the challenges, and solve the problems.

10. Give every child an important task.

A child can be assigned to find birds or woodland creatures. The other children can act as the trekking cheerleader when the army is tired, or organize a safety team and take care of each other. Each children share some hiking gear in their hiking backpack(but not too heavy. Make sure they are able to sustain the weight of the hiking backpack). These are all available.

11. Ensure adequate rest time.

Don't drink water or distribute snacks during the journey. Sit down and rest after walking for a while, take off the hiking backpack, take some photos and enjoy the beautiful scenery.

12. Teach children to recognize poisonous things in the wild.

Some poisonous plants and animals are easier to identify, but for those that are not easy to identify, children must be taught not to taste at will and not to eat in the wild at will.

13. Bring a portable medicine box.

The portable first aid kit can hold a lot of medicines; don't forget the bug spray and anti-itch cream! It will not take large space and weight in your hiking backpack, but it will keep you safe sometimes.

14. Bring wet wipes.

Wet wipes are especially suitable for use after eating, stepping on sludge, or when going to the toilet. So, why not place them into your hiking backpack now?

15. Talk to children on the road

It is also good to share stories with your children and listen to their opinions on things. Talk to them more and they won't feel tired and hard to walk.

16. Seize travel time

Record how far you have traveled and how much time you spent so that you can make sure you have enough energy when you go back. It is best to predict the length of the hike before you set off. Otherwise the children may feel tired and get angry to throw the hiking backpack.

17. Grasp the end time.

If you know your child is tired than others. Don't hesitate to call home at this time. Otherwise your child will start to get angry. But be sure to give your children a reward and support for completing this hike. Take the children home and share this joy!

Also, this article may have not conclude all. If you have any other useful advices to the parents, pls do not hesitate to leave us a comment! We may adopt your recommendations and then conprehensive this articel.