Earth Day Gifts for Children

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This month we celebrate Earth Day! There are many ways to involve children in this celebration. I have loads of Earth Day Activities and a very well stock Earth Day Pinterest board.   The EARTH Book by Todd Parr Sofia’s Dream by Land Wilson Green Toys Recycling Truck Kid’s Gardening Tools Radio Flyer Wheelbarrow Camelbak [Read On]


Gardening with Kids {My First Tools Giveaway}

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This morning the sun had barely come up when I heard my sons clamoring downstairs. I heard my older son say, “Come on Y, let’s get our boots on and go outside to work.” I laughed, then I sighed as I lifted my body from bed. I knew his agenda. The day before we received [Read On]


Gardening Tools for Kids

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“Children are born naturalists. They explore the world with all of their senses, experiment in the environment, and communicate their discoveries to those around them.” ~ The Audubon Nature Preschool For me, the main goal of gardening with kids is to create a sense of awe and wonder of the world. Plus they learn ao [Read On]


Garden Camp {Make a Worm Tower}

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Today at Garden Camp we made a Worm Tower to carry home with us. You can do this activity anywhere you might find a multitude of worms. You’d be surprised where you can buy worms too! The Tower is a fancy way of describing a travel case for your worms. We made our Worm Tower [Read On]


Spring Garden Sensory Tub

Spring Sensory Tub

Today we launched full force into Spring with a gardening sensory tub. Originally I thought we’d be doing this tub indoors but we lucked out with weather today. We used a 28 quart storage container. We collected rocks on the beach yesterday. Last night I painted them so that my preschooler could hunt for the [Read On]