Me: “Come in for lunch!!”My kids:
But seriously, mud play is so important for children. It promotes health, boosts immunity, is an excellent medium for learning, releases serotonin, improves cognitive function and enhances fine motor skills. It also boosts creativity, imagination, independent learning, and teamwork. Other benefits include boosting problem solving skills, building, construction and so much more. Do you let your kids play in the mud? 
#offgridkids#mudplay
COMMENTS:
- Dina ImankulovaFml
- Rachel McCash CroninDina Imankulova I know!! Haha I was just like “don’t move!!! Let’s put everything into the laundry basket. Did you have fun?”
- Rachel McCash CroninDina Imankulova I know!! Haha I was just like “don’t move!!! Let’s put everything into the laundry basket. Did you have fun?”
- Kathy WoodruffLOVE IT!!!
- Rachel McCash CroninKathy Woodruff yes!! Mud play is the best!!
- Rachel McCash CroninKathy Woodruff yes!! Mud play is the best!!
- Candace Marie JamesYes!! The whole back entry to our house is the “mud room” and laundry room. Many clothes go directly from body to washing machine!
- Rachel McCash CroninCandace Marie James omg I love it!! We have our future mud room right next to our front door so hopefully kids can trek right into it or I’m possibly thinking of making a door from the outside straight into the mud room
With 2 boys it might be worth it haha !!
- Rachel McCash CroninCandace Marie James omg I love it!! We have our future mud room right next to our front door so hopefully kids can trek right into it or I’m possibly thinking of making a door from the outside straight into the mud room
- Lacey LaurenAbsolutely! It’s my daughters favorite thing to do! Dirt n mud, mud n dirt! Lol all day long if I’d let her.
- Rachel McCash CroninLacey Lauren yes!!! It’s my kids fav as well!!!
- Rachel McCash CroninLacey Lauren yes!!! It’s my kids fav as well!!!
- Lacey LaurenThis was directly under your post
- Rachel McCash CroninLacey Lauren aww omg what an amazing school!!!!
- Rachel McCash CroninLacey Lauren aww omg what an amazing school!!!!
- Kristel DawnMud is the best!!!
- Rachel McCash CroninKristel Dawn yes!!! I noticed it was too quiet and when I saw what was happening, I was cool with it
- Rachel McCash CroninKristel Dawn yes!!! I noticed it was too quiet and when I saw what was happening, I was cool with it
- Elizabeth PresselMy daughter loves using her imagination by “cooking” in the mud.
- Rachel McCash CroninElizabeth Pressel aww yes!!! So much imagination I love it!
- Lacey MaclellanLook at those rosy cheeks!
- Rachel McCash CroninLacey Maclellan aww yes!! The weather was crazy today! Started at 12 F degrees, got up to 51 F degrees, then back down to 27 F. Mix of winter + a hint of spring made for rosy cheeks!
- Rachel McCash CroninLacey Maclellan aww yes!! The weather was crazy today! Started at 12 F degrees, got up to 51 F degrees, then back down to 27 F. Mix of winter + a hint of spring made for rosy cheeks!
- Shane BythewayAwesome
- Jessica Kishlet is subjective
I want them to play but not too messy- Rachel McCash CroninJessica Kish haha same!! I try to teach my kids they can do what they want, but need to put in the work to clean up after. Playing in the mud means carefully removing clothes, taking a shower, scrubbing shoes before school, etc. I helped with the shoes today but they did great with the other steps
- Rachel McCash CroninJessica Kish haha same!! I try to teach my kids they can do what they want, but need to put in the work to clean up after.
- Nicole CrosbyI don’t think I’ve ever seen playing in the mud quite so intellectualized! But I’m glad he had a blast!
- Rachel McCash CroninNicole Crosby haha I’m a little obsessed with early childhood education.
So much happens between birth and age 8. These are the most critical years by far. After age 8, everything just builds on the foundation created in the younger years. I believe kids are meant to be wild and free!! What looks like a mess is often never a mess, but a creation to be explored. I try my best to see the world through their eyes though I’m not perfect at all, I’m conscious of it and try to cultivate whatever it is that means something to them 
- Nicole CrosbyRachel McCash Cronin makes sense to me! Outdoor play – including mud – is great for development.
- Rachel McCash CroninNicole Crosby haha I’m a little obsessed with early childhood education.
- Aynsley McCashBig favorite here!
- Rachel McCash CroninAynsley McCash awe so cute!!
- Rachel McCash CroninAynsley McCash awe so cute!!
- Kalee MarstellerYes almost every time my children go outside they come inside for lunch JUST like thissss
- Rachel McCash CroninKalee Marsteller love it!!! Play hard is the best!!
- Diana V. SnyderYesssss I love mud even as an adult lol
- Rachel McCash CroninDiana V. Snyder me too!!! I love doing those obstacle course type races that involve mud
- Rachel McCash CroninDiana V. Snyder me too!!! I love doing those obstacle course type races that involve mud
- Elizabeth ParadiseYes, lol. My kiddos have loved mud since day one.
- Rachel McCash CroninElizabeth Paradise so cute!!!
- Rachel McCash CroninElizabeth Paradise so cute!!!
- Ashley SchafferI wish
- Nikki MeadeYep! My kids love to play in the mud and dirt and roll in grass and hay lol
- Rachel McCash CroninNikki Meade omg how amazing is this??!
- Rachel McCash CroninNikki Meade omg how amazing is this??!
- Rachel Maria BallYessss! I need more mud play in my life and my children’s
- Manuela Mihaila
- Christene SowbyI love those rosy little cheeks!