Every kids loves play dough, don’t they? What better way, then, to spend a bit of time ditching the plastic, dyes, and added ingredients than by making your own with the kid(s) in your life? MATERIALS: A large bowl 2 cups flour 2 cups warm water 1 cup salt 2 Tablespoons…
-
-
We all need just a few things to survive (water, food, shelter), but the larger environment in which we all live contains endless microclimates and habitats that support our wellbeing. Each critter in the animal kingdom needs a little something different to live their best lives and have adapted over…
-
Who doesn’t love stumbling upon a fallen (though empty) bird’s nest? They spark endless questions about where it fell from, what kind of bird might have created it, and what materials were gathered to do so. There are wonderings about how many eggs were laid, how many hatched, and where…
-
Building Fairy Houses and Gnome Homes with children has always been one of my favorite activities! Not only do they get to be out in nature while building them, but all of the materials are natural as well. The tactile sensations of being in outside, feeling the sun on your…
-
Nature Journals are the perfect way to document all of your outdoor adventures! By writing down their observations, children process their experiences and get to utilize a different way of learning! By showing children the importance of keeping a journal (whether they be nature journals or any other kind of…
-
Happy New Year, everyone! I trust you all are relaxing, reflecting and looking forward to all of the possibilities the 2013 has in store for each of us. Speaking of reflections…Since officially finishing school on December 17th, I’ve found myself feeling a bit resistant to being online all the time.…
-
As I have been reviewing my coursework and preparing for graduation I came across an assignment I did for my Ecopsychology course. For this exercise, I was asked to imagine that it was 30 years into the future, 2042, and we were well on our way to a much…
-
While I have been a bit quiet in this space recently, it isn’t for lack of happenings, it’s been for lack of actual, physical, time, energy and brain power. I am right in the throes of my own personal end-of-my-final-semester-crunch. The 16 hours I chose to take this semester has…