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Reuniting Children w/ Nature – Fairy Houses & Gnome Homes

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 back and imagining a tiny little fairy or gnome inhabiting…
January 16, 2013

Reuniting Children w/ Nature – Nature Journals

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 journal), we're showing them that not only do their experiences…
January 10, 2013

Ideas & Inspirations!

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.  Maybe it was the holidays, wonderful celebrations, catching a nasty (and…
January 2, 2013

A Letter to a Child

  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 healthier planet and way of life...we were living in a…
December 12, 2012
Recently

Recently

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 culminated into many late nights and early mornings as I…
December 7, 2012
Environmental Education

Environmental Education

Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, it's back to school I go...Some of you might remember that, a year ago, I went back to school to complete my long awaited degree.  Yes, I have been taking classes and working towards a BA for over a decade now and the end is finally in sight!  I have to say, there have been months at a…
September 18, 2012