The days are longer, the temperatures are hotter and, what's that? It's the sound of nature calling you out to play. After all, it's not called the ok outdoors or the good outdoors. It's the great outdoors because nothing feels greater after a long winter then getting back out for some invigorating fresh air. So for a great value break turn off the telly and tune into a world of real outdoor entertainment for all the family.

For lots of Mid Term inspiration check out www.discoverireland.ie or find Discover Ireland on Facebook #thisisLIVING.

Get on your bikes

Generate some pedal power with an electric bike ride along a section of the Wild Atlantic Way. Check out the Electric Escapes Ireland website to find providers all along the west coast - including the traffic free Greenway in Mayo. E-bikes are perfect for ensuring all members of the family can participate on the same trip, because each can choose as much or as little assistance as they need from their electric battery!

Find yourself a forest!
Coillte has 10 great forest parks perfect for roaming and rambling. Pack a picnic, some rain gear and good shoes to head out along its amazing trail network for hiking, fishing and bird watching. From Ards in Donegal to Avondale in Wicklow, make a forest park the basis of a great family break. Stay in Boyle, Co. Roscommon to make the most of Lough Key Forest Park or stay in Dublin to try the new 42km Dublin mountains route between Shankill and Tallaght, with spectacular city views along the way.

Bring nature class to life

Discover the secret life of bugs and birds with an eco-trial from Blackstairs Eco Trails in the Blackstairs Mountains of Co. Carlow. Take a nature trail at Sonairte an interactive visitor centre promoting ecological awareness in Co. Meath. Delve deeper with a guided walk through the lunar landscape of the Burren in Co. Clare with Adventure Burren or take part in a treasure hunt trail in Duckett's Grove, Co. Carlow, with Wild Ways Adventures.

Learn to love your sea greens

Show them not all food comes from a shop with Wild Atlantic Cultural Tours. Based in Killala, in Co. Mayo, it runs wild food foraging along the shorelines, followed by outdoor feasting - weather permitting! If conditions are good, take a seaweed foraging trip with Atlantic Sea Kayaking Ireland in Cork to learn how to find and identify seaweed. Or head to The Organic Centre in Rossinver, Co. Leitrim for classes in foraging everything from wild herbs and plants to sea veg.

Get back to basics with bushcraft

So they can't tidy their room but maybe they can build a shelter? Or start a campfire without matches and track foxes and deer. All these skills and more are available from Bushcraft Ireland in Louth, Pioneer Bushcraft in Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow and The Living Wilderness Bushcraft School in Navan, Co. Meath.

Get mucky with mountain bikes

Take a spin around the country's biggest mountain biking centre at Ballyhoura, Co, Limerick. With 92km of dedicated bike track, it's the perfect outdoor playground, with bike hire available from Trailriders. Or head to Fairymount Farm near Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, home of the new Bike Park Ireland, a purpose built course with an ingenious Uplift Service - ex army trucks to haul you and your bike back the top of the trail, repeatedly! Stay over in one of the self-catering cottages on site.

Be the ones that got away this Mid Term

Be gone fishing for a day or two, with a family fishing ticket from Rathbeggan Lakes in Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath, a lakeside playground with rods for hire and Learn to Fish programmes for new anglers. Book a fly fishing course for beginners at Spiddal Angling School in Co. Galway or try your hand at trout fishing at Courtlough, Ireland's newest rainbow trout fishing centre, in Balbriggan, north Co. Dublin.

Don't go postal, go coastal

If you've been cooped up indoors all winter, be blown away by long walks on deserted beaches, hikes along dramatic cliff paths and gentle seaside trails. For a great outdoor city break in Galway, walk the causeway to Mutton Island and down along the prom at Salthill. Put an outdoor twist on a city break in Dublin too with spectacular walks around Howth Head, or the cliff path from Bray to Greystones in Co. Wicklow, both easily accessed by DART.

Climb every mountain

Give yours a sense of achievement this mid-term with a holiday that lets them scale new heights. Stay in Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow to tackle Djouce Mountain, with views over Ireland's highest waterfall. Bag yourself a great value hotel deal in Killarney, Co. Kerry, to take on Strickeen, a very ‘doable' hill amid the mighty McGillycuddy Reeks. Stay in Leenane, Co. Galway, to polish off Diamond Hill in the Connemara National Park or find a great self-catering option in Carlingford, Co.Louth, the perfect base camp for Slieve Foy.

For lots more Mid Term inspiration check out www.discoverireland.ie or find Discover Ireland on Facebook #thisisLIVING.