Everyday Adventure

Who this ebook is for

Curious readers looking for modest, adaptable explorations close to home, including seated and home-based options.

Revised and expanded edition. Ten chapters, five in-depth worked lessons, an integrated practical project, a subject glossary, ten worksheets, and a four-week plan.

Read an excerpt

Familiarity helps us move efficiently. It can also make a place seem simpler than it is. A street becomes “the way to the shop,” and the details between departure and arrival disappear from the story.

From Everyday Adventure, revised and expanded edition, Paper & Pixel.

Inside the book

1. Give the familiar a question
2. Make a map of possibilities
3. Let one theme guide the outing
4. Set a generous boundary
5. Choose how to explore together
6. Be a guest in shared places
7. Turn an observation into a small creation
8. Let the conditions change the plan
9. Keep a record that belongs to you
10. Build a menu of repeatable adventures

Also included: 10 reusable worksheets and a four-week practice plan. Page counts include the cover, front matter, worksheets, and editorial notes.

Worked lessons and a complete project

The expanded edition develops the chapter ideas through these detailed lessons:

• Take a one-question observation walk
• Build a route around three different kinds of stop
• Plan a shared outing without assuming shared preferences
• Turn field notes into a small finished artifact
• Keep a field notebook you can use again

Apply the ideas together

1. Design a small exhibition of an ordinary place
2. Collect details and distinguish their meanings
3. Arrange and share the collection thoughtfully

A subject glossary provides a quick reference while you work.

Edition and reading notes

Original editorial content. The PDF uses a fixed page layout with printable worksheet lines; it is not a fillable form or reflowable EPUB. No independent specialist review is claimed. Read our editorial policy.