Key Ideas

Warm Ups

Boundary Run

(From Erin Schirm, Orienteering USA coach)

At the beginning of an activity, run the boundary with the group so that the limits of the play area are clear.

There and Back Again

(From AOA's Orange Marks The Spot)

Set up cones or identify objects in the NSEW directions; call out a direction and have the group move in that direction, as a warm-up.

Introductory Activities

Animal Orienteering

(observed in Europe by Andrea Schneider and David Yee)