Discover the Wonder of Nature with Your Kids

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Relationships, Society & Culture, Parenting

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🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In a world increasingly dependent upon screens and technology, it's as crucial as it is countercultural to help kids capture the natural joys and treasures each day holds. Mom of four and award-winning author, Amanda Dykes, unpacks hands-on activities that invite children and their parents to spot the wonders of God's creation.

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0:00.0	Over and over again, when we're looking at God's creation, what we see is if God can do this,
0:11.6	he can do anything. Nothing's impossible for him, and they're learning all about possibility.
0:17.2	That's Amanda Dykes, and she's with us today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, sharing insights about how you can help your children experience the wonders of nature.
0:26.9	Thanks for joining us. I'm John Fuller.
0:28.7	You know, John, I'm thinking about the old road trips that Trent and I would take, just going to school or picking them up from somewhere and coming back at sunset and looking at
0:38.3	the sunset and going, wow, look at the painting that God gave us tonight. You know, it's amazing.
0:43.4	Those things stuck and we still talk about that today now that they're in their 20s.
0:47.8	They're going, Dad, you remember when you saw that great sunset? But here in Colorado, we do have
0:52.7	fabulous sunsets. and that's something you could
0:55.3	point your kids to to say, look at God's nature. And we're going to have a great discussion
1:01.0	today with our guest, Amanda Dykes, about being intentional as a parent to point out God's
1:07.0	nature. And then your kids have a structure in which to understand what's going on around
1:11.5	them. And, you know, at Focus, we're all about that. We want to equip you to be the best parent you
1:16.1	can be to help your kids to thrive in Christ. That's the goal. And resources and books and
1:22.7	podcasts. We have a parenting assessment. It's free. Just take that. We'll show you where you're
1:27.3	doing some things really well and where you may need a little work.
1:31.2	And we'll have links to the assessment and all the resources in the show notes.
1:37.0	And Amanda Dykes is a mom of four children.
1:39.6	She's written a number of Christian fiction books.
1:42.0	And today we're going to be turning to a nonfiction book she's written. It's delightful. It's called A Pocket Full of Wonder, 50 hands-on
1:49.4	adventures for kids to discover God's creation, a friendly field guide. And you can find the details on
1:55.8	our website. Amanda, welcome to focus. Thank you. I'm so glad to be here. Thank you for having me.
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